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Lake · Bavaria

Walchensee

800 m2,625 ft
Area
16 km²
Max depth
190 m
Tonight
4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 14 km/h SW

Walchensee is a lake at 800 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany, 16 km² in area and 6.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
800 m
Length
6.7 km
Shoreline
28.5 km
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Lake

Walchensee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

6.7 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
28.5 km≈7¼ h to walk around
3D map

Walchensee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.7 × 8.7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Walchensee 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

Walchensee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Walchensee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 14 km/h SW

Walchensee forecast for about 800 m.

  • Tonight4°0.1 mm14 km/h SW
  • Today3°8°3.4 mm22 km/h W
  • Sun4°14°12.9 mm27 km/h NW
  • Mon5°12°–10 km/h NW
  • Tue9°19°–6 km/h N
  • Wed6°11°4.2 mm5 km/h N
  • Thu3°11°–7 km/h N
  • Fri2°11°–6 km/h N
  • Sat1°9°–6 km/h N
  • Sun4°8°3.3 mm4 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 Walchensee

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.5 km NW

    +2 more within 2.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Walchensee

    2.9 km WSW · +2 more within 5.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Berggasthaus Herzogstand

    3.1 km WNW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Wohnmobil Nachtparkplatz

    4.2 km SW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking1.5 km NW
P13Parking2.1 km SE
Parking2.2 km W
Camping WalchenseeCampsite2.9 km WSW
Berggasthaus HerzogstandHut3.1 km WNW
Wohnmobil NachtparkplatzCaravan site4.2 km SW
Campingplatz KesselbergCampsite4.9 km N
Campingplatz RenkenCampsite5.1 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.7 × 8.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
44.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.2%
Steep, 30–45°
19.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.5%
Steeper than 30°
20.7% of the 76 km² view
Relief in view
1,119 m low point 604 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.1%Water 21.3%Grassland 6.1%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.4 km of Walchensee.

NESW2 km5 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Fahrenbergkopf1,627 m 3.1 km NW
  2. 2Martinskopf1,676 m 3.6 km NW
  3. 3Herzogstand1,731 m 3.9 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.4 km; 600 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Silver-washed Fritillary26
  • Spring Heath25
  • Mallard20
  • European Toad20
  • Bear's Ear18
  • Small Tortoiseshell17
Where it sits

Where Walchensee sits

Region
Bavaria48Germany118Europe2,143
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia