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Kahle Klippe

You can see 161 km from here, looking south-west.

74Viewyas Score

CliffSunset360°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 161 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.

74out 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).

  • 161 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-west
  • 96%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 494Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 1,025 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 494 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.

Rauhhügel802 m · 146 km · southWurmberg971 m · 5.0 km · southKickelhahn861 m · 128 km · southGroßer Beerberg983 m · 128 km · southKönigsberg1,034 m · 1.3 km · southSoisberg630 m · 123 km · south-westMengshäuser Kuppe473 m · 130 km · south-westRimberg592 m · 137 km · south-westKasseler Kuppe754 m · 82 km · south-westHirschberg643 m · 85 km · south-westWüstegarten675 m · 137 km · south-westHoher Hagen492 m · 68 km · south-westGroßer Bärenberg601 m · 105 km · south-westStaufenberg472 m · 79 km · south-westDommel738 m · 143 km · westBruchberg928 m · 7.3 km · westGroße Blöße528 m · 70 km · westKöterberg496 m · 88 km · westEbersnacken460 m · 73 km · westBloße Zelle480 m · 65 km · westHeidbrink320 m · 145 km · north-westHohe Egge440 m · 93 km · north-westBröhn405 m · 90 km · north-westBenther Berg173 m · 90 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 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-west2 min before the sea-level sunset20%
  2. Febwestsets on an open horizon25%
  3. Marwestsets on an open horizon30%
  4. Aprwestsets on an open horizon38%
  5. Maynorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  6. Junnorth-westsets on an open horizon31%
  7. Julnorth-westsets on an open horizon32%
  8. Augnorth-westsets on an open horizon33%
  9. Sepwestsets on an open horizon35%
  10. Octwestsets on an open horizon29%
  11. Novsouth-westsets on an open horizon22%
  12. Decsouth-westsets on an open horizon19%
  • 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

Kahle Klippe.

Cliff in Wernigerode, Germany

Kahle Klippe is a cliff in Germany, 1,025 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 161 km away, looking south-west.

494 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Kasseler Kuppe (754 m), 82 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 96% of the circle.

The skies are clearest in April and in September.

Kahle Klippe seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for Kahle KlippeGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near Kahle KlippeBooking.comSee prices Car hire at HAJ airport (Hannover)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.

Kahle Klippe 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

  • 43other viewpoints within 5 kmObere Zeterklippe, Achtermannshöhe, Wurmbergbaude and 40 more
  • 61named peaks within 5 kmBrocken, Wurmberg, Obere Zeterklippe and 58 more
  • 6cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmWurmbergseilbahn Bergstation and 5 more
  • 34marked trails within 3 kmHarzer-Hexen-Stieg, Harzer Grenzweg (Grenzturm Rhoden - Grenzlandmuseum Tettenborn), Harzklub-Weg 10F and 31 more
  • 35shelters and huts within 5 kmWolkenhäuschen, Achtermannshöhe, Luisenbank and 32 more
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 5visitor centres within 5 kmHarz Welcome Center, Brockenhaus Nationalpark-Besucherzentrum, Tourist-Information and 2 more
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 10campsites within 10 kmHarz Mountain Camp, Bully Platz, Wanderlust Ilsetal and 7 more
  • 478places to stay within 10 kmSANTORINI, relexa Hotel Harz-Wald Braunlage, Sennhütte and 475 more

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 Kahle Klippe, and what is near.

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

Peakyas634 mountains within 25 km
Brocken1,141 m · 1.0 kmKleiner Brocken1,018 m · 1.0 kmKönigsberg1,034 m · 1.2 kmHeinrichshöhe1,045 m · 2.3 kmAchtermannshöhe925 m · 4.8 kmWurmberg971 m · 5.0 kmBruchberg928 m · 7.1 kmRavensberg660 m · volcano · 20 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Ecker Reservoir0.6 km² · 4.1 kmOderteich0.2 km² · 5.4 kmOkerstausee1.4 km² · 11 km
Forestyas6 forests and trees within 15 km
Brocken Garden · 1.2 kmKamelfichte · 4.8 kmMönchsbuche · 7.7 kmTalwächter · 8.2 kmHohne-Eiche · 9.1 kmKräuterpark Altenau · 10 km
Birdyas6 birding sites within 25 km
Nationalpark Harz · 2.2 kmVogelschutzgebiet Hochharz · 7.1 kmKlippen im Okertal · 11 kmSüdharz bei Zorge · 18 kmOkertal bei Vienenburg · 19 kmVogelschutzgebiet zwischen Wernigerode und Blankenburg · 22 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Steinerne Renne · 10 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 km
Baumann's Cave · 18 kmHermann's Cave · 18 kmBärenhöhle · 18 km
Cascadyas11 waterfalls within 15 km
Bodesprung · 2.2 kmIlsefälle · 4.3 kmObere Bodefälle · 5.9 kmNabentaler Wasserfall · 6.2 kmSteinerne Renne · 7.3 kmKleine Renne · 7.3 kmRadaufall · 8.2 kmKönigshütte Waterfall · 12 km

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

Other viewpoints nearby.

Kahle Klippe

Germany

  • 74Viewyas Score
  • 161 kmFarthest ridge
  • 494Peaks in view
  • 1,025 mAltitude

Brocken

Germany · 1 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 225 kmFarthest ridge
  • 737Peaks in view
  • 1,138 mAltitude

See the guide

Zeterklippen

Germany · 3 km

  • 73Viewyas Score
  • 137 kmFarthest ridge
  • 104Peaks in view
  • 914 mAltitude

See the guide

Wolfsklippen

Germany · 5 km

  • 72Viewyas Score
  • 132 kmFarthest ridge
  • 105Peaks in view
  • 718 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1721166) · 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, Birdyas, Canyonyas, 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.

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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