Kappe
Photo: Elop, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 1,619 ft
- summit
Kappe is a mountain in Hesse, Germany, with its summit at about 1,620 ft (494 m) above sea level. It stands inside Naturpark Lahn-Dill-Bergland. Mapped trails that come within about half a mile of the top include Lahn-Dill-Bergland-Pfad Etappe 4 Gladenbach - Caldern, Lahnwanderweg - 05. Etappe Buchenau-Caldern and Hessenweg 10 (Teilstück Biedenkopf - Stadtallendorf-Niederklein). The nearest town is Damshausen, about 0.7 miles northwest of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Zimmerst, Ehlenholz and Hohe Höll. For camping, Campingplatz Auenland and Campingplatz Kernbach are within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 1,619 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Kappe. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Kappe
How tall is Kappe?
1,619 ft (493 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Kappe?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
RimbergSummit · ~2 min drivePhoto: Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
SchweinskopfSummit · ~2 min drivePhoto: Gerold Rosenberg (talk) 13:04, 30 September 2014 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
SchweinskopfSummit · ~3 min drivePhoto: Clisch, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
ZiegenbergSummit · ~3 min drivePhoto: Clisch, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
HornbergSummit · ~3 min drivePhoto: Holzhausen-Dautphetal.jpg: Elop
derivative work: Svíčková (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- ZimmerstSummit · Next door
- EhlenholzSummit · Next door
- Hohe HöllSummit · Next door
- BauerstSummit · Next door
- HorstSummit · Next door
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Best time to visit Kappe
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 27°
16 wet
Feb
38° / 27°
14 wet
Mar
45° / 32°
16 wet
Apr
52° / 36°
14 wet
May
60° / 44°
15 wet
Jun
65° / 50°
15 wet
Jul
69° / 54°
16 wet
Aug
69° / 53°
14 wet
Sep
62° / 48°
13 wet
Oct
53° / 42°
15 wet
Nov
43° / 35°
15 wet
Dec
37° / 29°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 1,430 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
