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Hoogersmilde

Hoogersmilde

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3976,Lat: 52.9062
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	10:24:56am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Midden-Drenthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oranje	3.3 km	East
2 Hijkersmilde	4 km	NorthEast
3 Geeuwenbrug	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Smilde	5.9 km	NorthEast
5 Eemster	6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	118 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	269 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	367 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 55 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 4.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 37.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 129 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.5%

Nature

7.6 km2

9.6%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

50.8 km2

64.7%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoogersmilde in country Netherlands

Hoogersmilde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	15 km	North
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	49 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	52 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	NL	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dwingeloo

Type of weather in Dwingeloo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 25 June 2025:	16 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:03 Europe/Amsterdam