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Pfäffikersee

Zurich  >  Switzerland

The area containes the lake Pfäfikersee and the surrounding marshes and wetlands.

Added* by Alex Figueiredo
Most recent update 1 března 2023

Description

At the Pfäffikersee one can easily do the 9 km full roundtrip of the lake in 2/3 hours. There are some good places to rest and have a drink/snack. Besides the lake itself, there are reedbeds, orchards, grasslands, streams, hills and woods. There's a nature center on the north end, close to the town, and some locations have boardwalks over the lake into the reedbeds.

Details

Access

Parking is best done in Pfäffikon (it is very hard to park near Juckerfarm). Better yet, just use the brilliant Swiss public transport system to get close to the lake! For example, from Zürich train station it is only 18 km (30 minutes by train) to Pfäffikon.

Terrain and Habitat

Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Forest , Plain , Lake , Agriculture , Reedbeds

Conditions

Flat , Hilly

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

Spring , Summer

Best time to visit

Summer , Spring , Autumn

Route

Paved road

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Bicycle , Foot , Car , Wheelchair

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

Extra info

Photo Pfäfikersee by Silvio Wirth, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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