Bächenfirn, Gurtnellen — Elevation, map and nearby sights

About Bächenfirn

Bächenfirn is a natural site. Location: Gurtnellen, Uri. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (77 km). Nearby sights include Bächenstöckli and Bächenstock.

Photos of Bächenfirn

Gross Spannort Mussklprozz · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Bächenfirn

This month · November

A wet month

Day -3° · Night -9° · Rain 127 mm

Hottest month: August (day 9°)
Coldest month: February (night -13°)
Wettest month: July (163 mm)
Driest month: February (97 mm)

-7° -13°

-5° -11°

-3° -9°

2° -4°

6° -2°

9° 1°

6° -1°

1° -5°

-3° -9°

-6° -12°

Jan

104

Feb

97

Mar

113

Apr

135

May

140

Jun

160

Jul

163

Aug

157

Sep

135

Oct

131

Nov

127

Dec

112

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table

Climate of Bächenfirn
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-7°	-7°	-5°	-3°	2°	6°	9°	9°	6°	1°	-3°	-6°
Average low (°C)	-13°	-13°	-11°	-9°	-4°	-2°	1°	1°	-1°	-5°	-9°	-12°
Precipitation (mm)	104	97	113	135	140	160	163	157	135	131	127	112

How to get to Bächenfirn

The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 77 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 67 km to the north.

Airports

Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 77 kmnorth
Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 81 kmwest
Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 89 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Zurich Population: 415.4K 67 kmnorth
Winterthur Population: 111.8K 83 kmnorth
Bern Population: 121.6K 86 kmwest
Basel Population: 177.6K 115 kmnorthwest
Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 143 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Bächenfirn

Within 100 km: 259 historic and cultural sites, 6,884 natural sites, 980 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,252 places

Neptun-Inseln Island 15 kmN
Lorelei-Inseln Island 15 kmN
Oberalpsee Lake 15 kmSE
Lago di Lucendro Lake 23 kmS

25–60 km2,971 places

Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 56 kmW
Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 57 kmW
Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 44 kmW
Strandbad Brienz Beach 38 kmW

60–100 km3,900 places

Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 88 kmW
Fahr Abbey Attraction 72 kmN
Strandbad Leissigen Beach 60 kmW
Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 65 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Wassen Municipality, Uri
4.7 km S
Erstfeld Municipality, Uri
6.7 km NE
Attinghausen Municipality, Uri
6.9 km N
Gurtnellen Village, Gurtnellen
7.3 km SE
Färnigen Village, Wassen
3.8 km SW
Silenen Village, Gurtnellen
10 km E

Bächenfirn

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Bächenstöckli Mountain, Wassen
0.4 km N
Bächenstock Mountain, Gurtnellen
0.5 km NW
Sewenzwächten Natural site, Wassen
0.5 km SW
Spitzplanggenstock Mountain, Wassen
0.7 km S
Hoch Seewen Mountain, Wassen
0.9 km W
Miesplanggenstock Mountain, Gurtnellen
1.1 km S
Rossfirn Natural site, Wassen
1.1 km NW
Zwächten Mountain, Wassen
1.2 km N