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Grauspitz

You can see 204 km from here, looking north.

77Viewyas Score

Summit360°Long viewMany peaks

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 204 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

77out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 204 kmFarthest ridgelooking north
  • 99%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 1,254Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 2,493 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 1,254 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Schesaplana2,965 m · 9.4 km · eastWildspitze3,768 m · 99 km · eastWeißkugel3,738 m · 91 km · eastPiz Buin3,312 m · 47 km · south-eastOrtler3,905 m · 95 km · south-eastPiz Kesch3,418 m · 53 km · south-eastPiz Palü3,899 m · 80 km · southPiz Bernina4,048 m · 79 km · southPiz Corvatsch3,451 m · 74 km · southMonte Disgrazia3,678 m · 88 km · southAroser Rothorn2,980 m · 35 km · southPiz Platta3,392 m · 63 km · southStätzerhorn2,574 m · 33 km · southPizzo Tambò3,279 m · 66 km · southCalanda2,806 m · 19 km · south-westRheinwaldhorn3,402 m · 75 km · south-westRingelspitz3,247 m · 25 km · south-westFinsteraarhorn4,274 m · 125 km · south-westSchreckhorn4,078 m · 123 km · south-westTitlis3,238 m · 93 km · westGlärnisch2,915 m · 45 km · westGamsberg2,385 m · 18 km · north-westFeldberg1,494 m · 150 km · north-westSäntis2,501 m · 28 km · north-west

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from July to September.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Jansouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset22%
  2. Febwest4 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  3. Marwest2 min before the sea-level sunset33%
  4. Aprwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  5. Maynorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset29%
  6. Junnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  7. Julnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset41%
  8. Augwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset40%
  9. Sepwestsets on an open horizon40%
  10. Octwest10 min before the sea-level sunset31%
  11. Novsouth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset24%
  12. Decsouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset24%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Grauspitz.

Mountain

Grauspitz is a summit in Switzerland, 2,493 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 204 km away, looking north.

1,254 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Finsteraarhorn (4,274 m), 125 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 99% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from July to September.

Grauspitzen
Svickova · Public domain

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Grauspitz seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 9other viewpoints within 5 kmAelpli, Scheibenboden, Eichenhaft and 6 more
  • 35named peaks within 5 kmNaafkopf, Falknis, Vilan and 32 more
  • 3cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmTäli, Hochegg, Älpli
  • 32marked trails within 3 kmZentralalpenweg 02, Landstrasse-Saege - Lawena, Falknis - Lawena and 29 more
  • 1shelters and huts within 5 km
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 1visitor centres within 5 kmDorfladen Ticket Shop
  • 7campsites within 10 kmCamping Mittagspitze, Lagerplatz Forst, Stellplatz Malbun P2, Triesenberg and 4 more
  • 93places to stay within 10 kmSchlaf-Fass, Falknis, Victor's Bed & Breakfast and 90 more
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Grauspitz, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas399 mountains within 25 km
Grauspitz · this placeFalknis2,562 m · 1.1 kmNaafkopf2,571 m · 2.2 kmAugstenberg2,359 m · 3.9 kmSchesaplana2,965 m · 9.6 kmKuhgrat2,123 m · 13 kmPizol2,844 m · 18 kmRingelspitz3,247 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lünersee0.9 km² · 13 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Ruggeller Riet163 species · 22 kmBangs – Matschels168 species · 25 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
MadrisahornBortle 2 · 26 kmWeissfluhBortle 2 · 29 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Drachenloch, Paleolithic dwelling cave · 19 km
Cascadyas3 waterfalls within 15 km
Stueberfall · 5.2 kmKesselfall · 12 kmGampfall · 14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Vorder Grauspitz
JMiall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gnalp-Schwarzhorn-Grauspitz-Falknishorn-02ASD
Asurnipal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grauspitz
Dingoa · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Grauspitz

Switzerland

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 204 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,254Peaks in view
  • 2,493 mAltitude

Drei Schwestern

Liechtenstein · 14 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 183 kmFarthest ridge
  • 794Peaks in view
  • 2,010 mAltitude

See the guide

Kapf

Austria · 33 km

  • 72Viewyas Score
  • 140 kmFarthest ridge
  • 391Peaks in view
  • 1,135 mAltitude

See the guide

Gehrenberg Tower

Germany · 77 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 171 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,671Peaks in view
  • 702 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q665000) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit