Germany observation tower
Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height
You can see 89 km from here, looking west.
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 89 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).
- 89 kmFarthest ridgelooking west
- 99%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 111Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 425 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 111 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 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.
- Jansouth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset19%
- Febwest4 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Marwest4 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Aprwest2 min before the sea-level sunset38%
- Maynorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Junnorth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Julnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset35%
- Augnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset35%
- Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset37%
- Octwest6 min before the sea-level sunset30%
- Novsouth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Decsouth-west8 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
Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height.
Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height is an observation tower in Germany, 425 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 89 km away, looking west.
111 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Milešovka (837 m), 54 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 99% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Mariba Freizeitweltcampsite · 1.4 km · 24 within 10 km
- Landgasthaus zum Schwarzbachtalplace to stay · 4.9 km · 269 within 10 km
- Neustadt in Sachsennearest town · 2.0 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in Neustadt in SachsenBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Dresden Airport (DRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 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
- 14other viewpoints within 5 kmGötzingerturm, Thomashöhe, Elsas Ruh and 11 more
- 47named peaks within 5 kmHeidehübel, Schafberg, Richters Berg and 44 more
- 2cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- 13marked trails within 3 kmFernwanderweg Zittau – Wernigerode (Sachsen Ost), Sebnitztalweg, Hohwald - Unger (Hängeweg grüner Strich) and 10 more
- 55shelters and huts within 5 kmAuf dem Berg, 50 er Bude and 53 more
- 162car parks within 3 km
- 2visitor centres within 5 kmTouristinformation Sebnitz
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 24campsites within 10 kmMariba Freizeitwelt, Waldbad Polenz, Camping Endler and 21 more
- 269places to stay within 10 kmLandgasthaus zum Schwarzbachtal, Gasthof & Pension Almenhof, Bauernwirtschaft Handwerkerhaus and 266 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 Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas323 mountains within 25 km
Forestyas7 forests and trees within 15 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Canyonyas4 canyons within 20 km
Cavernyas7 caves within 20 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.
Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height
Germany
- 66Viewyas Score
- 89 kmFarthest ridge
- 111Peaks in view
- 425 mAltitude
Oberbärenburg Observation Tower
Germany · 42 km
- 75Viewyas Score
- 138 kmFarthest ridge
- 476Peaks in view
- 750 mAltitude
Jitrovník
Czechia · 21 km
- 67Viewyas Score
- 89 kmFarthest ridge
- 266Peaks in view
- 504 mAltitude
King-Friedrich-August-Tower
Germany · 35 km
- 66Viewyas Score
- 86 kmFarthest ridge
- 346Peaks in view
- 442 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q131448254) · 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, Forestyas, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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