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Säntis · 2,501 m · 4.7 km WSW
Lake · Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

Seealpsee

1,141 m3,743 ft
Area
0.13 km²
Max depth
15 m
Tonight
1°CSleet · Wind 24 km/h SW

Seealpsee is a lake at 1,141 m above sea level in Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland, 0.13 km² in area and 0.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,141 m
Length
0.8 km
Shoreline
2.4 km
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Lake

Seealpsee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.8 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.4 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Seealpsee 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Seealpsee 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

Seealpsee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Seealpsee weather

Tonight · Sleet · 1°C (34°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 24 km/h SW

Seealpsee forecast for about 1,141 m.

  • Tonight1°1.8 mm24 km/h SW
  • Today0°4°8.4 mm23 km/h SW
  • Sun3°8°13.4 mm32 km/h W
  • Mon2°10°–13 km/h SW
  • Tue7°17°0.1 mm9 km/h W
  • Wed5°8°3.4 mm7 km/h N
  • Thu2°9°–7 km/h NE
  • Fri1°9°–6 km/h N
  • Sat0°8°0.8 mm6 km/h W
  • Sun2°6°9.3 mm9 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Seealpsee

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

  • Nearest hut

    Schäfler

    1.0 km NW · +2 more within 1.8 km

  • Nearest parking

    2.7 km NE

    +2 more within 2.8 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Am Brüelbach

    5.1 km NE · +1 more within 6.2 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Eischen

    6.1 km N · +1 more within 7.4 km

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
SchäflerHut1.0 km NW
MeglisalpHut1.8 km SW
Berggasthaus EbenalpHut1.8 km NNE
Parking2.7 km NE
Parking2.8 km N
Parking2.8 km NE
Stellplatz Am BrüelbachCaravan site5.1 km NE
EischenCampsite6.1 km N
Caravan site6.2 km WSW
Campingplatz JakobsbadCampsite7.4 km NW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
12.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.6%
Steep, 30–45°
39.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
23.2%
Steeper than 30°
62.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,216 m low point 866 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 73.1%Trees 25.0%Water 1.6%

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; 364 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Clustered bellflower31
  • Monk's-hood27
  • Fringed Pink25
  • Yellow-billed Chough22
  • Small Tortoiseshell19
  • Northern Chamois18
Where it sits

Where Seealpsee sits

Region
Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden4Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Seealpsee downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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
Wikidata · Wikipedia