Hotels at Obergesteln booking.com

Obergesteln

Booking.com

Obergesteln

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3242,Lat: 46.5139
Elevation	1434 meter above sea level
Local time	21:07:17pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Goms
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Obergoms

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ulrichen	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Oberwald	3 km	NorthEast
3 Unterwassern	3.2 km	NorthEast
4 Geschinen	4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Münster	5.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	115 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	317 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 234 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Oberaarsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 2302 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Furkapass with a height of 2429 meter (at a distance of 9.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.7 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 10%, high mountains: 90%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Hochgelegene Berglandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard d’altitude des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.1%

Nature

39.2 km2

49.9%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

8.7%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

10.3 km2

13.1%

Ice - Glacier

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Obergesteln in country Switzerland

Obergesteln at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	22 km	West
2 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	65 km	SouthEast
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	82 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Obergesteln
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Obergesteln
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Obergesteln

Type of weather in Obergesteln	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam