Steinhuder Meer
- Area
- 27 km²
- Max depth
- 3 m
- Tonight
- 7°CLight rain showers · Wind 36 km/h SW
Steinhuder Meer is a lake at 36 m above sea level in Lower Saxony, Germany, 27 km² in area and 7.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 36 m
- Length
- 7.7 km
- Shoreline
- 35.5 km
Steinhuder Meer in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 35.5 km≈9 h to walk around
Steinhuder Meer 3D map
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Steinhuder Meer terrain and contours
2 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.
Steinhuder Meer elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Steinhuder Meer weather
Today · Light rain showers · 7 / 13°C (45 / 55°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 36 km/h SW
Steinhuder Meer forecast for about 36 m.
- Today7°13°1.4 mm36 km/h SW
- Mon8°13°–26 km/h SW
- Tue11°16°0.3 mm18 km/h S
- Wed9°13°0.1 mm18 km/h W
- Thu9°12°0.8 mm13 km/h SW
- Fri6°12°–9 km/h SE
- Sat4°10°–17 km/h SE
- Sun3°9°–11 km/h E
- Mon3°9°0.2 mm13 km/h E
- Tue3°9°0.1 mm13 km/h E
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 25, 11:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Steinhuder Meer
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Steinhuder Meer, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.0 km SE
Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobilstellplatz Steinhude
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Mardorf
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.0 km SE |
| Parking | 2.0 km SE |
| Parking | 2.0 km SE |
| Caravan site | 2.3 km ESE |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz SteinhudeCaravan site | 2.5 km SE |
| Campsite | 2.8 km NNW |
| Campingplatz MardorfCampsite | 2.8 km NNW |
| D.K.V.-CampingplatzCampsite | 2.9 km NNW |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz Steinhuder MeerCaravan site | 3.2 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 9.7 × 9.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 94 km² view
- Relief in view
- 58 m low point 27 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.9 km; 850 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Northern Lapwing75
- Greylag Goose75
- Great Egret64
- Great Crested Grebe61
- Grey Heron60
- Black-headed Gull59
Where Steinhuder Meer sits
- Region
- Lower Saxony6Germany119Europe2,151
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-13)
- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia