Sandsteg

Sandsteg is in , , . Sandsteg is situated nearby to the railway stop , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aareschlucht West railway station and Reichenbach Falls.

Railway stop
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is located on the 1,000 mm Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn.

Waterfall
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a waterfall in the region of Switzerland, which drop a height of 250 metres. In literature, the upper Great Reichenbach Fall is the location of the final altercation between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hero Sherlock Holmes and his greatest foe, Professor Moriarty, in "The Final Problem". is situated 1½ km southwest of Sandsteg.

Photo: Pazit Polak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a section of the river that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of , in the region of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meiringen and Innertkirchen.

Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a town in the of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.

Village
Photo: Falk Lademann, CC BY 2.0.
is a village and municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of was merged into the municipality of . is situated 3 km southeast of Sandsteg.

Village
Photo: Zuphilip, Copyrighted free use.
is a municipality in the canton of in . It encompasses and, besides the village of , the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee. is situated 8 km north of Sandsteg.

Sandsteg

Latitude
46.72082° or 46° 43′ 15″ north
Longitude
8.19877° or 8° 11′ 56″ east
Elevation
603 metres (1,978 feet)
Open location code
8FRCP5CX+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 292275668
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
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