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Mountain

Bächenstock

Located in Gurtnellen, Uri Coordinates: 46°46′05″ N 8°32′12″ E

Map showing the location of Bächenstock Bächenstock
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
3,010 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Wassen
4.8 km S
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
ZRH Zürich Airport77 km
BRN Bern Airport81 km

About Bächenstock

Bächenstock is a mountain. Location: Gurtnellen, Uri. Elevation: 3,010 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (77 km). Nearby sights include Bächenstöckli and Bächenfirn.

Climate of Bächenstock

This month · November

A wet month

Day -6° · Night -12° · Rain 127 mm

Hottest month
August (day 7°)
Coldest month
February (night -15°)
Wettest month
July (163 mm)
Driest month
February (97 mm)

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).

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Climate of Bächenstock
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-9°-9°-7°-5°0°3°6°7°3°-1°-6°-8°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-13°-11°-7°-4°-1°-1°-4°-7°-12°-14°
Precipitation (mm)10497113135140160163157135131127112

How to get to Bächenstock

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 90 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 67 kmnorth
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 83 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 85 kmwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 114 kmnorthwest
  • Mulhouse Population: 111.4K 143 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Bächenstock

Within 100 km: 261 historic and cultural sites, 6,871 natural sites, 978 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,238 places

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

25–60 km2,969 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 44 kmW
  • Strandbad Brienz Beach 37 kmW

60–100 km3,903 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 87 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 72 kmN
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 60 kmW
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 64 kmN

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