- Elevation
- 2,399 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport69 km
- ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport94 km
About Gross Spitzen
Gross Spitzen is a mountain. Location: Spiringen, Uri. Elevation: 2,399 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (69 km). Nearby sights include Blauw Höreli and Chli Spitzen.
Photos of Gross Spitzen
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Gross Windgällen Simon Koopmann · CC BY-SA 2.5 -
Gross Ruchen Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy · CC BY 2.0
Climate of Gross Spitzen
This month · November
A wet month
Day -2° · Night -8° · Rain 139 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 11°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -12°)
- Wettest month
- July (192 mm)
- Driest month
- February (106 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -5° | -5° | -3° | 0° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 11° | 7° | 3° | -2° | -4° |
| Average low (°C) | -12° | -12° | -10° | -7° | -3° | 0° | 3° | 3° | 0° | -4° | -8° | -10° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 110 | 106 | 118 | 145 | 155 | 185 | 192 | 182 | 152 | 140 | 139 | 123 |
How to get to Gross Spitzen
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 69 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 59 km to the north.
Airports
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 69 kmnorth
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 94 kmnortheast
- Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 95 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 59 kmnorth
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 73 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 99 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 118 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 144 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Gross Spitzen
Within 100 km: 322 historic and cultural sites, 6,938 natural sites, 1,047 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km1,067 places
- Insel Schwanau Island 23 kmNW
- Neptun-Inseln Island 11 kmNW
- Lorelei-Inseln Island 11 kmNW
- Oberalpsee Lake 22 kmS
25–60 km3,033 places
- Strandbad Brienz Beach 54 kmW
- Lago Nero Lake 47 kmS
- Ufenau Island 41 kmN
- Insel Lützelau Island 41 kmN
60–100 km4,207 places
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 66 kmN
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 96 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 91 kmN
- Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 73 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Spiringen Village, Spiringen2.5 km N
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Unterschächen Village, Unterschächen2.4 km NE
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Unterschächen Municipality, Uri4 km E
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Schattdorf Municipality, Uri5.4 km W
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Bürglen (UR) Municipality, Uri5.7 km N
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Vorder Boden Village, Unterschächen2.1 km S
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Blauw Höreli Mountain, Spiringen0.2 km SW
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Chli Spitzen Mountain, Spiringen0.4 km E
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Blinzi Mountain, Unterschächen1.4 km SW
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Schächental Natural site, Canton of Uri1.6 km N
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Wängichulm Mountain, Spiringen1.9 km W
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Plattisee Lake, Spiringen1.7 km SW
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Sittliser Mountain, Unterschächen2.1 km SW
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Wängihorn Mountain, Schattdorf2.1 km W
Sources & licences
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