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Lake

Gross See

Located in Wassen, Uri Coordinates: 46°41′52″ N 8°33′00″ E

Map showing the location of Gross See Gross See
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,337 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Wassen
3.9 km E
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
LUG Lugano Airport82 km
BRN Bern Airport84 km

About Gross See

Gross See is a lake. Location: Wassen, Uri. Elevation: 2,337 m. The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (82 km). Nearby sights include Schwarzstock and Lang See.

Climate of Gross See

This month · November

A wet month

Day -1° · Night -7° · Rain 127 mm

Hottest month
August (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -11°)
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 Gross See
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-4°-4°-3°-1°4°8°11°11°8°4°-1°-3°
Average low (°C)-10°-11°-9°-7°-2°1°3°4°1°-3°-7°-9°
Precipitation (mm)10497113135140160163157135131127112

How to get to Gross See

The nearest airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 82 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH) (85 km). The nearest large city is Zurich, 74 km to the north.

Airports

  • Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 82 kmsouth
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 84 kmwest
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 85 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Zurich Population: 415.4K 74 kmnorth
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 89 kmwest
  • Winterthur Population: 111.8K 91 kmnorth
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 121 kmnorthwest
  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 148 kmwest

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

Day trips from Gross See

Within 100 km: 237 historic and cultural sites, 7,007 natural sites, 965 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1,225 places

  • Neptun-Inseln Island 22 kmN
  • Lorelei-Inseln Island 22 kmN
  • Lago Ritom Lake 21 kmSE
  • Oberalpsee Lake 10 kmSE

25–60 km3,134 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 56 kmW
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 60 kmW
  • Strandbad Iseltwald Beach 44 kmW

60–100 km3,850 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 90 kmW
  • Fahr Abbey Attraction 79 kmN
  • Arbeiterstrandbad Tennwil Beach 72 kmN
  • Ufenau Island 60 kmN

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