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Habsburgwarte

You can see 137 km from here, looking east.

76Viewyas Score

TowerSunset360°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 137 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.

76out 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).

  • 137 kmFarthest ridgelooking east
  • 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 1,091Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 534 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 1,091 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.

Skalky735 m · 142 km · northDěvín550 m · 72 km · northVelká Javořina970 m · 121 km · north-eastZáruby767 m · 86 km · eastDevínska Kobyla514 m · 53 km · eastBraunsberg346 m · 51 km · eastGeschriebenstein884 m · 103 km · southHohe Wand1,132 m · 52 km · southStuhleck1,782 m · 86 km · south-westDürre Wand1,222 m · 56 km · south-westSchneeberg2,076 m · 67 km · south-westSchneealpe1,903 m · 82 km · south-westHohe Veitsch1,981 m · 96 km · south-westEisenerzer Reichenstein2,165 m · 132 km · south-westHochstadl1,919 m · 112 km · south-westHochtor2,369 m · 147 km · south-westÖtscher1,893 m · 93 km · south-westVoralpe1,770 m · 129 km · south-westOisberg1,405 m · 117 km · south-westProchenberg1,123 m · 109 km · westGrosser Peilstein1,061 m · 88 km · westJauerling960 m · 71 km · westManhartsberg537 m · 51 km · north-westJavořice837 m · 127 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 in April and in August.

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-west8 min before the sea-level sunset22%
  2. Febwest4 min before the sea-level sunset25%
  3. Marwest4 min before the sea-level sunset33%
  4. Aprwest6 min before the sea-level sunset42%
  5. Maynorth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset36%
  6. Junnorth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset37%
  7. Julnorth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset41%
  8. Augwest4 min before the sea-level sunset46%
  9. Sepwest4 min before the sea-level sunset40%
  10. Octwest2 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  11. Novsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset24%
  12. Decsouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset21%
  • 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

Habsburgwarte.

Building in Döbling, Austria

Habsburgwarte is an observation tower in Austria, 534 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 137 km away, looking east.

1,091 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Hochtor (2,369 m), 147 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.

The skies are clearest in April and in August.

Döbling (Wien) - Habsburgwarte
C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for HabsburgwarteGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near HabsburgwarteBooking.comSee prices Car hire at VIE airport (Vienna)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Habsburgwarte 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

  • 34other viewpoints within 5 kmHeimkehrer-Gedächtnismal, Schwarzes Kreuz, Cobenzl and 31 more
  • 38named peaks within 5 kmKahlenberg, Leopoldsberg, Hermannskogel and 35 more
  • 66marked trails within 3 kmVoralpenweg 04 (Südroute), Wanderweg 404 Wienerwald-Weitwanderweg, Wienerwald Verbindungsweg and 63 more
  • 182shelters and huts within 5 kmUnterstandshütte T.V.N. Klosterneuburg, Steinböck Hütte, Hameau and 179 more
  • 76car parks within 3 km
  • 1visitor centres within 5 kmStadtmarketing & Tourismus
  • 49restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmDonaupark Camping Klosterneuburg, MICAMPA Wien Wienerwald, Wohnmobilabstellplatz MICAMPA Wienerwald and 1 more
  • 517places to stay within 10 kmBellevue, Jugendgästehaus Wien-Brigittenau, Vienna-Apartment-One and 514 more
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 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 Habsburgwarte, and what is near.

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

Peakyas241 mountains within 25 km
Hermannskogel544 m · 0.1 kmKahlenberg484 m · 3.0 kmLeopoldsberg425 m · 3.9 kmExelberg516 m · 4.4 kmTroppberg542 m · 15 kmHöllenstein645 m · 21 kmKaiserbrunnberg576 m · 23 kmJochgrabenberg645 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Old Danube1.2 km² · 11 km
Forestyas10 forests and trees within 15 km
Krapfenwaldl · 2.8 kmRosarium Wettsteinpark · 7.8 kmWiener Naturdenkmal 009 · 11 kmBotanical Garden of the University of Vienna · 11 kmHörndlwald · 11 kmStockerauer Au · 13 kmMaurer Wald · 14 kmLaaer Wald · 14 km
Darkskyas7 dark-sky places within 30 km
Purgathofer-SternwarteBortle 5 · 2.8 kmVienna ObservatoryBortle 8 · 5.2 kmKuffner observatoryBortle 8 · 6.4 kmUraniaBortle 9 · 9.3 kmVienna Zeiss PlanetariumBortle 9 · 9.6 kmSterngartenBortle 7 · 14 kmFranz-Kroller-SternwarteBortle 6 · 29 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Hagenbachklamm · 10 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.

Habsburgwarte - Hermannskogel
Tudoi61 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Habsburgwarte Leiter Turmspitze
Linie29 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Habsburgwarte Plattform Tuer
Linie29 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Habsburgwarte

Austria

  • 76Viewyas Score
  • 137 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,091Peaks in view
  • 534 mAltitude

Wienerblick

Austria · 10 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 148 kmFarthest ridge
  • 267Peaks in view
  • 452 mAltitude

See the guide

Himmelhof

Austria · 9 km

  • 70Viewyas Score
  • 128 kmFarthest ridge
  • 171Peaks in view
  • 360 mAltitude

See the guide

Donauturm

Austria · 9 km

  • 67Viewyas Score
  • 88 kmFarthest ridge
  • 298Peaks in view
  • 168 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1567009) · 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, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas

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