Achen Lake

#307 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Lake Achen is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria. It is the largest lake within the federal state, and has a maximal depth of 133 metres. Together with the Achen Valley it parts the Karwendel mountain range in the west from the Brandenberg Alps in the east. ()

Local name: Achensee Area: 2.63 mi²Length: 5.84 miWidth: 3281 ftMaximum depth: 436 ftElevation: 3048 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 47°25'60"N, 11°43'0"E

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Achen Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Schloss Tratzberg, St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, Sonnjoch, Zireiner See.

3.6 miS
16th-century furnished castle with tours
Schloss Tratzberg, Jenbach
91 min walk • Tratzberg Castle is a castle in Jenbach, Tyrol, Austria. Tratzberg Castle is located on a steep ridge above Jenbach in the Austrian part of Tyrol.
4.1 miS
Church, Monastery
St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, Stans
105 min walk • St. Georgenberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, the oldest extant monastery in the Tyrol, founded in 1138 but from 1708 to 2019 removed to the nearby city of Fiecht in the community of Vomp in Tyrol, Austria.
5.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sonnjoch
138 min walk • Sonnjoch is a mountain of the Karwendel range in the Northern Limestone Alps in Tyrol, Austria. It lies between the Falzthurntal valley, near the village of Pertisau, in the east and the Eng Valley to the west.
5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Zireiner See
127 min walk • Zireiner See is a lake of Tyrol, Austria. The Zireiner lake is around 4 hectares of a mountain lake at 1,799 metres above sea level in the Brandenberger Alps.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochiss
73 min walk • Hochiss or Hochriss is a mountain in Tyrol, Austria. Rising some 2,299 metres, it is the highest mountain of the Brandenberg Alps and is located near the tourist hot spot Achensee.
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mondscheinspitze
137 min walk • Mondscheinspitze is a summit of the Karwendel range in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Though the name could be translated as Moonshine Peak, Mond originates from romance monticinu, which means small mountain meadow.
4 miSE
47°23'22"N • 11°46'24"E
Jenbacher Museum, Jenbach
103 min walk • Natural history museum, Museum, History museum
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schaufelspitze
132 min walk • The Schaufelspitze is a mountain, 2,306 m in the Sonnjoch Group in the eastern Karwendel between Sonnjoch and the Bettlerkarspitze.
1.5 miSE
47°25'12"N • 11°44'35"E
Achenseer Museumswelt, Eben am Achensee
39 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
5.6 miSE
47°23'45"N • 11°49'21"E
Pfarrkirche Strass, Strass im Zillertal
143 min walk • Church
1 miNW
Town
Pertisau
27 min walk • Pertisau is a small village on the Achensee Lake in the Tyrol region of Austria. Pertisau is in the Schwaz. It is located in the Karwendel Alpine Park, one of the oldest, cross-border, protected areas of the Eastern Alps.