Elevation of Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Switzerland
Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Switzerland is 446 m (1,463 ft) above sea level.
Hergiswil's height from sea level is 446 metres, or 1,463 feet. GeoNames reads 452 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 452 m.
Ground within 4 km
Mean 598 m across the 8.6 km square centred on the town, 989 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Hergiswil
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 24.2 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Hergiswil; the vertical scale is the same on both.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Hergiswil
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stansstad | 2.4 km | SE | 434 m (1,424 ft) | −12 m |
| Horw (Luzern) | 3.2 km | N | 445 m (1,460 ft) | −1 m |
| Ennetmoos | 4.2 km | SE | 556 m (1,824 ft) | +110 m |
| Stans | 4.2 km | SE | 446 m (1,463 ft) | same |
| Kriens (Luzern) | 5.3 km | NW | 524 m (1,719 ft) | +78 m |
Peaks and passes near Hergiswil
- Brunnistock, peak at 2,952 m (9,685 ft), 24.1 km to the SE — 2,506 m above the town.
- Blackenstock, peak at 2,930 m (9,613 ft), 24 km to the SE — 2,484 m above the town.
- Uri Rotstock, peak at 2,929 m (9,610 ft), 22.3 km to the SE — 2,483 m above the town.
- Renggpass, pass at 885 m (2,904 ft), 1.9 km to the SW.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Hergiswil is
Latitude 46.9892086, longitude 8.3088945. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Hergiswil's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 452 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.