Mountains
Research 6 mountains within weekend reach of St. Gallen, classified from Wikidata types and ordered by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances only — no travel times, schedules, or rankings.
Each place is classified from its own Wikidata type, not from its name, and is ordered by measured straight-line distance from the centre of St. Gallen. Distances are great-circle kilometres between two published coordinates — this page does not publish travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, or rankings. Confirm access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with an official source before travelling.
Reachability is a second axis over the same places: the category says what a destination is, the band says how far it sits from St. Gallen. Distances are measured in a straight line — this page publishes no travel times.
Ordered by straight-line distance from St. Gallen, closest first. Distance bands: nearby is up to 60 km.
Alpstein is Limestone mountain subgroup of the Appenzell Alps with the Seealpsee lake, south of St. Gallen near Appenzell. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Alpstein, about 20 km (12 mi) from St. Gallen
Image credit: Image: FkMohr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Säntis is peak, highest of the Alpstein massif in the Appenzell Alps, nearby south of St. Gallen. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Säntis, about 20 km (12 mi) from St. Gallen
Image credit: Image: Roland zh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Churfirsten is Limestone ridge of seven main peaks rising above Walensee, the southernmost Appenzell Alps range, south of St. Gallen. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Churfirsten, about 31 km (19 mi) from St. Gallen
Image credit: Image: Carsten Steger / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Speer is peak between the Toggenburg valley, Linth plain and Lake Zürich, southwest of St. Gallen. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Speer, about 33 km (20 mi) from St. Gallen
Image credit: Image: Adrian Michael / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
Lindberg is a forest reachable from St. Gallen as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Lindberg, about 48 km (30 mi) from St. Gallen
Image credit: Image: Entopos / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona is UNESCO geological mountain area spanning Glarus, St. Gallen and Graubünden cantons, around the Glarus thrust, south of St. Gallen. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona, about 57 km (36 mi) from St. Gallen
Image credit: Image: Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0