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Way of Saint James Bern to Santiago de Compostela from Fribourg to Lausanne (72km)

Hiking map, Points of Interest, Elevation graph and GPS File

For planning walks on the Way of Saint James. With the different features on this page, parts of the Way of Saint James can be selected and distances determined.

POIs Way of Saint James from Fribourg to Lausanne

- Click on a name of a point in the table for a detailed map and more information.
- Or select your own start and end point on the map.
- Or select a start point and an end point in the table and press the start and end point button below the table.
- More options see the text below the table.

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Other sections of the Way of Saint James

Stage

From / To Distance to the route Distance along the route
Fribourg (Town)
0.0
km
Lausanne (City)
0.0
km
72.1
km
Total stage
72.2
km
Ascend (m)
Descend (m)

Below are two alternative selection methods
1. Select a starting point in the table and enter the number of kms from the starting point: km and click on the button.
Startkms
2. Select a starting point based on kms from Bern and enter the number of kilometers from the starting point:
Start point: km. Km's from starting point: km and click on the button.
With this last selection method, exactly any desired stage can be displayed.

Map selected part Way of Saint James

The route of the Way of Saint James is displayed in red. The shortest direct connections between the Way of Saint James and the start and end points are shown in blue. These direct connections may not be possible!

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Elevation graph Way of Saint James from Fribourg


The elevation data contains minor measurement errors. As a result, possibly more height differences can be seen in the elevation graph than in reality.
The elevation graph does not show the elevations of the start and end points and links to the route!

Selected part Way of Saint James Route from Fribourg (Town) to Lausanne (City)


Shortest distance from Fribourg to the Way of Saint James: 0.03 km
Length of the displayed part of the Way of Saint James: 72.1 km
Shortest distance from Way of Saint James to Lausanne: 0.04 km
Total distance Fribourg - Lausanne approximately 72.2 km


Elevation
Total ascend
1,376 m
Total Descend 1,509 m
The elevation data contains minor measurement errors which can cause the total ascend and the total decend to be (far) too high.
The altitude differences on the routes from the starting point to the hiking route and from the walking route to the endpoint are not included in the totals!


Calculate walking time
Speed on level terrain km/h
Ascend speed m/h
Descend speed m/h
The speeds to be used for the calculation can be adjusted.


The calculation is an approximation. The actual duration varies per person and also depends on the terrain and the weather conditions.
The formula used to calculate the walking time: Walkingtime = distance / horizontalspeed + ( totalascend / ascendspeed + totaldescend / descendspeed)/2

GPS file selected part Way of Saint James

The GPS files (.gpx) can be used with a smartphone or GPS device.
Download the gpx file with the track and the POIs
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Info selected points

Way of Saint James Bern to Santiago de Compostela









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Notes on the map and the table

The routes of the Ways of Saint James come from the website of the Dutch Genootschap van Sint Jacob (Society of Saint James) www.santiago.nl. The POI come from www.openstreetmap.org.The POI are selected with the website overpass-turbo.eu.
Heights have been added to Waymarkedtrails tracks using the website gpsvisualizer.com.

The exact locations of Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets are based on the locations that Openstreetmap gives. Usually this is somewhere in the center.

The distances in the table and on the map are an approximation!! This is because the actual routes from the Way of Saint James to the POI are not included.
The distance from a Point Of Interest (POI) to the Way of Saint James is the shortest distance to the Way of Saint James in a direct line.

The distances between two POIs (point 1 and point 2) are calculated as follows
Total distance = Distance point 1 to nearest point on the Way of Saint James + Distance point 2 to nearest point on the Way of Saint James + Distance between the two nearest points on the Way of Saint James

If points 1 and 2 are close to the Way of Saint James, the calculated distance is usually a good approximation.
If one of the two points is situated further from Way of Saint James, the actual distance may differ (significantly) from the calculated distance.

It is recommended to check the route from a starting point to the Way of Saint James and from the Way of Saint James to the end of a stage! This may e.g. by zooming in on the map and checking for a path or road from the starting point to the Way of Saint James and from the Way of Saint James to the end point.

The track of the Way of Saint James may include errors. Also, the recorded POIs may include errors! It is recommended to check the track and points before walking the path!

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