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Types of viewpoint

Every kind of view.

Built viewpoints — lookouts, decks, towers, wheels — and natural ones — cliffs, summits, canyon rims — and, apart, what you see from them.

Scenic viewpointsMarked lookouts on roads and trails280 viewpointsObservation decksPlatforms and skywalks over the void31 viewpointsObservation towersLookout and fire towers above the trees252 viewpointsFerris wheelsThe city from a slowly turning cabin49 viewpointsCliffsThe edge of the land, over the sea or a valley143 viewpointsSummitsFamous summits with the whole circle around560 viewpointsCanyon rimsLooking down into the deepest cuts84 viewpoints

Or choose by what you see

Calculated from the relief for every guide: an open west for the sunset, the sea, a full circle, very long views, a crowd of peaks.

Sunset viewpointsAn open west: the sun goes down on the horizon767 viewpointsSea viewsAt least a tenth of the horizon is sea400 viewpoints360° viewsThe horizon below your eyes all the way round1,216 viewpointsLong viewsRidges 100 km away and more831 viewpointsPeak panoramasTen named peaks or more in view823 viewpoints

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