Mountain · Wasserkuppen Rhön · Hesse

Wasserkuppe

950 m3,117 ft

Prominence: 589 m1,934 ft
Isolation: 59 km
Tonight: 2°CCloudy · Wind 33 km/h SW

Wasserkuppe is a 950 m (3,117 ft) mountain in the Wasserkuppen Rhön, Hesse, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 950 m · 3,117 ft
Nearest higher peak: Großer Beerberg (983 m)
Range: Wasserkuppen Rhön
Region: Hesse, Germany
Coordinates: 50.4979° N, 9.9365° E

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3D map

Wasserkuppe 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wasserkuppe topographic map

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Wasserkuppe elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGWasserkuppe satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Wasserkuppe weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 33 km/h SW

Wasserkuppe forecast for the summit, about 950 m.

Tonight2°0.2 mm33 km/h SW
Today0°5°23.8 mm35 km/h S
Sun2°8°9.9 mm32 km/h S
Mon2°6°3.0 mm24 km/h W
Tue6°10°0.5 mm15 km/h S
Wed2°7°0.2 mm13 km/h NW
Thu1°8°–6 km/h W
Fri2°7°0.5 mm4 km/h N
Sat1°5°1.0 mm6 km/h NE
Sun1°5°1.1 mm11 km/h S

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 Wasserkuppe

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

Nearest parking
Abtsrodaer Kuppe
0.4 km NE · +2 more within 0.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
1.0 km ENE
+2 more within 3.3 km
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Nearest campsite
Camp ErNa (Erholung und Natur)
1.1 km E · +2 more within 4.1 km
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Nearest hut
Enzianhütte
3.2 km NNW · +2 more within 7.5 km
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All mapped places 12

Place	Distance
Abtsrodaer KuppeParking	0.4 km NE
Parking	0.5 km E
Parking	0.7 km E
Caravan site	1.0 km ENE
Camp ErNa (Erholung und Natur)Campsite	1.1 km E
Stellplatz HeckenhöfchenCaravan site	2.2 km WSW
EnzianhütteHut	3.2 km NNW
Wohnmobilstellplätze Lahmenhof (Rodholz)Caravan site	3.3 km WSW
Camping HochrhönCampsite	4.0 km SSW
Rhön Indianer HotelCampsite	4.1 km W
Fuldaer HausHut	5.3 km NW
Frankfurter HütteHut	7.5 km S

Slope

Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

79.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

19.1%

Steep, 30–45°

1.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.4% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 446 m low point 508 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.2%Trees 47.2%Cropland 2.0%Built-up 1.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Wasserkuppe summit.

Summit list 9

1Abtsrodaer Kuppe905 m 0.7 km N
2Pferdskopf875 m 1.4 km SW
3Weiherkuppe759 m 2.3 km NW
4Eubeberg820 m 2.5 km SSW
5Schafstein832 m 2.7 km E
6Fuchsküppel775 m 2.8 km NNW
7Weiherberg786 m 2.9 km NW
8Feldberg815 m 3.1 km SSE
9Mathesberg832 m 3.2 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 604 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fireweed32
Wood crane's-bill31
Common bistort28
Common hedge-nettle27
Perennial Cornflower26
Large-leaved lupine20

Where it sits

Where Wasserkuppe sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

NerobergPeak · 245 m129 km WSW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 955 m at the summit; the official height is 950 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	950 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	955 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	948 m	-2 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 2026-07-29)
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: 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

Wasserkuppe

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

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