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Benaköpfl · 1,593 m · 5.7 km ESE
Lake · Bavaria

Schwansee

789 m2,589 ft
Area
0.13 km²
Tonight
4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 26 km/h W

Schwansee is a lake at 789 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany, 0.13 km² in area and 0.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
789 m
Length
0.7 km
Shoreline
1.9 km
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Lake

Schwansee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.7 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
1.9 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Schwansee 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Schwansee terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Schwansee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Schwansee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 26 km/h W

Schwansee forecast for about 789 m.

  • Tonight4°0.2 mm26 km/h W
  • Today3°7°4.2 mm24 km/h W
  • Sun5°15°14.4 mm32 km/h W
  • Mon5°11°0.1 mm18 km/h W
  • Tue10°19°0.1 mm6 km/h N
  • Wed6°10°3.7 mm9 km/h NW
  • Thu2°11°–9 km/h NE
  • Fri1°11°–6 km/h N
  • Sat1°10°–6 km/h N
  • Sun4°8°3.9 mm14 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Schwansee

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Schwansee, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Schwanseeparkplatz

    0.7 km NE · +2 more within 1.2 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Parkplatz Königsschlösser P2

    1.6 km E · +2 more within 3.0 km

  • Nearest hut

    Alpe Reith

    3.0 km ENE · +2 more within 4.6 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Zeltplatz Falkencamp

    3.1 km NE · +2 more within 5.4 km

All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
SchwanseeparkplatzParking0.7 km NE
Parking1.1 km NW
Parking1.2 km NNW
Parkplatz Königsschlösser P2Caravan site1.6 km E
Alpe ReithHut3.0 km ENE
Wohnmobilpark FüssenCaravan site3.0 km NNW
Füssen MobilCaravan site3.0 km NNW
Zeltplatz FalkencampCampsite3.1 km NE
TegelberghausHut4.4 km E
Fritz-Putz-HütteHut4.6 km ESE
Camping BrunnenCampsite4.6 km NNE
Camping BannwaldseeCampsite5.4 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
56.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
22.6%
Steep, 30–45°
18.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.3%
Steeper than 30°
21.3% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
811 m low point 778 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 61.0%Grassland 22.3%Built-up 8.9%Water 7.3%Cropland 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 743 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard97
  • Mute Swan67
  • Common Coot64
  • Liverleaf57
  • Perennial honesty39
  • European Toad39
Where it sits

Where Schwansee sits

Region
Bavaria48Germany118Europe2,143
Protected area
Schutz von Landschaftsteilen im Bereich des Faulenbacher Tales, des Lechtales, des Schwanseetales und des Alpseegebietes im Landkreis Füssen3
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
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