Germany observation tower
Oberbärenburg Observation Tower
You can see 138 km from here, looking east.
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 138 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.
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).
- 138 kmFarthest ridgelooking east
- 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 476Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 750 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 476 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.
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.
- Jansouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Febwest6 min before the sea-level sunset25%
- Marwest10 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Aprwest6 min before the sea-level sunset38%
- Maynorth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Junnorth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Julnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Augnorth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset37%
- Octwest8 min before the sea-level sunset31%
- Novsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Decsouth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- 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
Oberbärenburg Observation Tower.
Observation tower in Oberbärenburg near Altenberg, Saxony
Oberbärenburg Observation Tower is an observation tower in Germany, 750 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 138 km away, looking east.
476 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Sněžka (1,603 m), 143 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and in September.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Wohnmobilstellplatz am Erzgebirgshotel Misniacampsite · 2.7 km · 4 within 10 km
- Hotel zum Bärenplace to stay · 0.2 km · 183 within 10 km
- Schmiedebergnearest town · 4.8 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in SchmiedebergBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Dresden Airport (DRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at DRS airport (Dresden)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 28other viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtspunkt Stephanshöhe, Blick vom Hofehübel, Brandaussicht auf Kipsdorf und Bärenfels and 25 more
- 22named peaks within 5 kmGeisingberg, Tellkoppe, Pöbelknochen and 19 more
- 14cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- 25marked trails within 3 kmGrüner Punkt, Geising - Schmiedeberg (grüner Strich), Gelber Strich and 22 more
- 79shelters and huts within 5 km
- 76car parks within 3 km
- 6visitor centres within 5 kmTouristeninfomation, Altenberg, Naturschutzstation Osterzgebirge e.V. - Koordienierungsstelle Altenberg and 3 more
- 13restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz am Erzgebirgshotel Misnia, Caravanstellplatz des Samana-Seminar-Haus & Osho-Platz, Campingplatz "Kleiner Galgenteich" and 1 more
- 183places to stay within 10 kmHotel zum Bären, Berghotel Friedrichshöhe, Naturhotel Gasthof Bärenfels and 180 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 Oberbärenburg Observation Tower, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas211 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas5 forests and trees within 15 km
Birdyas8 birding sites within 25 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Oberbärenburg Observation Tower
Germany
- 75Viewyas Score
- 138 kmFarthest ridge
- 476Peaks in view
- 750 mAltitude
Doubravská hora Castle
Czechia · 21 km
- 63Viewyas Score
- 76 kmFarthest ridge
- 104Peaks in view
- 391 mAltitude
Erbenova vyhlídka
Czechia · 28 km
- 65Viewyas Score
- 86 kmFarthest ridge
- 84Peaks in view
- 415 mAltitude
Fichteturm
Germany · 25 km
- 62Viewyas Score
- 66 kmFarthest ridge
- 179Peaks in view
- 211 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q105087645) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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