Wil Tower

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The Wil Tower is a wooden observation tower which was built in the forest of Wil in Switzerlandby Julius Natterer. The tower site is located some 747 metres above sea level. It was opened for public use on 8 July 2006. ()

Local name: Wiler Turm Coordinates: 47°28'43"N, 9°2'57"E

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Sankt GallenSwitzerland

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Wil Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bettenauer Weiher, Hauser & Wirth, Sonnenberg Castle, St. Margaret Chapel.

4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bettenauer Weiher
107 min walk • Bettenauer Weiher is a reservoir between Jonschwil and Oberuzwil in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The reservoir formed in the 15th century when a dam was built for a fish pond.
3.5 miE
Art gallery, Museum
Hauser & Wirth, Zuzwil
89 min walk • Hauser & Wirth is a Swiss contemporary and modern art gallery.
5.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Sonnenberg Castle
139 min walk • Sonnenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stettfurt of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The castle is located on the slopes of the Immenberg at 649 metres.
2.3 miW
Church
St. Margaret Chapel, Münchwilen
59 min walk • St. Margaret's Chapel is a pilgrimage chapel at St. Margarethen in the municipality of Münchwilen in the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
6 miSW
Monastery
Fischingen Abbey, Fischingen
152 min walk • Fischingen Abbey, now Fischingen Priory, is a Benedictine monastery situated in Fischingen in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, on the upper reaches of the Murg, a tributary of the Thur. It was founded in 1138, dissolved in 1848 and re-founded as a priory in 1977.
1.5 miNW
Forts and castles
Bettwiesen Castle
39 min walk • Bettwiesen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Bettwiesen of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
4.7 miSE
Area
Oberuzwil, Uzwil
120 min walk • Oberuzwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
5.4 miE
Forts and castles
Zuckenriet Castle
138 min walk • Zuckenriet Castle is a castle in the municipality of Niederhelfenschwil of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Immenberg
128 min walk • The Immenberg is a mountain located between Thundorf and Stettfurt in the canton of Thurgau. The summit forms a wooded plateau, which is traversed by several trails. On the south-west slopes of the mountain is located the Sonnenberg Castle.
1.4 miSW
City, Rock club, Museum
Gare de Lion, Wil
37 min walk • Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in 2006. The municipality of Bronschhofen merged into Wil on 1 January 2013.
7.1 miNW
View point
Stählibuckturm, Frauenfeld
180 min walk • The Stählibuckturm is a steel specialist tower in Thundorf near Frauenfeld in Switzerland.