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Sněžka

1,603 m5,260 ft

Prominence: 1,197 m3,927 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -1°CFog · Wind 21 km/h S

Sněžka is a 1,603 m (5,260 ft) mountain in the Giant Mountains, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,603 m · 5,260 ft
Range: Giant Mountains
Region: Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Protected area: Krkonoše National Park
Coordinates: 50.7360° N, 15.7398° E

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3D map

Sněžka 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sněžka topographic map

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 summit

Sněžka elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGSněžka satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Sněžka weather

Tonight · Fog · -1°C (30°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 21 km/h S

Sněžka forecast for the summit, about 1,603 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 572 m.

Tonight-1°0.4 mm21 km/h SBase 5°
Today-5°0°0.2 mm25 km/h SWBase 2 / 7°
Sun-4°0°19.7 mm29 km/h SBase 2 / 6°
Mon-3°1°0.4 mm20 km/h WBase 3 / 7°
Tue-2°4°–7 km/h SWBase 4 / 10°
Wed-1°4°1.9 mm10 km/h NBase 5 / 11°
Thu-3°5°0.4 mm4 km/h NWBase 4 / 11°
Fri-1°2°1.6 mm5 km/h NEBase 5 / 9°
Sat-4°0°0.6 mm5 km/h NBase 2 / 6°
Sun-5°0°0.7 mm6 km/h SBase 1 / 6°

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 Sněžka

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

Nearest hut
Dom Śląski
0.9 km WNW · +2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest parking
3.5 km NNE
+2 more within 3.6 km
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Nearest caravan site
Camper Park Panorama
5.0 km N
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Nearest campsite
Pod Lipami Kemping
5.2 km NNE · +2 more within 7.4 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Dom ŚląskiHut	0.9 km WNW
Strzecha AkademickaHut	2.8 km NW
JelenkaHut	2.8 km ENE
Parking	3.5 km NNE
Parking	3.6 km NNE
Parking	3.6 km NNE
Camper Park PanoramaCaravan site	5.0 km N
Pod Lipami KempingCampsite	5.2 km NNE
Camp 66Campsite	6.8 km NNE
Camper Park AMBICampsite	7.4 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 8.8 × 8.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

47.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.6%

Steep, 30–45°

9.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 9.2% of the 77 km² view
Relief in view: 1,031 m low point 572 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 79.6%Grassland 19.2%Built-up 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.4 km, measured from the Sněžka summit.

Summit list 9

1Kopa1,377 m 1.4 km NNW
2Růžová hora1,393 m 1.7 km S
3Czarna Kopa1,411 m 2.2 km ENE
4Studniční hora1,555 m 2.6 km WSW
5Kopa nad Moreną1,390 m 3.5 km WNW
6Stříbrné návrší1,434 m 3.6 km W
7Zielarz1,236 m 3.9 km NW
8Luční hora1,556 m 4.1 km WSW
9Skalny Stół1,284 m 4.1 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.4 km; 1,022 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple foxglove295
Willow gentian259
Common bilberry258
Common bistort220
Deer fern214
Common heather181

Where it sits

Where Sněžka sits

Ranked in 1

#46 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SmrkPeak · 1,124 m37 km WNW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,603 m at the summit; the official height is 1,603 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,603 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,603 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,597 m	-6 m

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 2026-08-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Sněžka

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Data sources