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Schoonloo

Schoonloo

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7011,Lat: 52.9066
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	14:37:47pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Aa en Hunze

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grolloo	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Westdorp	4.5 km	East
3 Elp	4.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Papenvoort	5.2 km	North
5 Eesergroen	5.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	136 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	281 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	369 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 59 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 26.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, 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 147 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.9 km2

39.4%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.5%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

42.7 km2

54.4%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schoonloo in country Netherlands

Schoonloo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	26 km	NorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	69 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	69 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elperstroomgebied	NL	1.7 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Borger-Odoorn

Type of weather in Gemeente Borger-Odoorn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 24 June 2025:	16 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:02 Europe/Amsterdam