25 km around Dresden

Castles, viewpoints and ruins near Dresden

Dresden has more places on the list than any other German city here, 621 within 25 km, and nearly half of them are hills. The rest is Saxony at its best: Schloss Wackerbarth in the Radebeul vineyards at 11 km, Schloss Weesenstein at 15.6 km, Schloss Albrechtsberg above the Elbe at 4.2 km, and the Jagdschloss Grillenburg at 19.7 km. The Babisnauer Pappel, a lookout point at 330 meters, and the Fichteturm (1896) give you the views.

Forty-eight ruins is a lot for one radius, Burg Helfenberg and the Burgruine Grimmstein included, and the Prießnitzwasserfall is a waterfall just 8.1 km from the center. With a list this long, the Place Book takes a while to fill.

109 Viewpoints58 Castles and palaces48 Ruins40 Archaeological sites16 Watermills14 Windmills11 Lookout towers9 Caves

Where the places are

Each hexagon covers a little over 5 square kilometers. The brighter it glows, the more places are inside it. The numbers mark the highlights listed below; the dot in the middle is the center of Dresden.

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Worth the trip around Dresden

The places with the most to tell about. The numbers match the map.

Places by type

A selection for each type, best known first. The number next to each heading counts everything RLQuest knows within the radius.

Castles and palaces 58

  • Schloss Weesenstein16 km
  • Schloss Sonnenstein18 km
  • Schloss Albrechtsberg4.2 km
  • Schloss Übigau3.4 km
  • Mätressenschlösschen11 km
  • Palais im Großen Garten2.2 km
  • Wasserschloss Oberau20 km
  • Burg Tharandt13 km
  • Friedensburg10 km
  • Schloss Klippenstein15 km
  • Spitzhaus8.6 km
  • Schloss Nöthnitz5.3 km

and 43 more

Viewpoints 109

  • Eisernes Kreuz11 km
  • Turm Kreuzkirche0.2 km
  • Frauenkirche Kuppel0.3 km
  • Am Zwingergraben0.5 km
  • Canaletto-Blick0.7 km
  • Stadionblick1.5 km
  • Trümmerberg2.0 km
  • Bastion2.7 km
  • Blick auf Dresden3.7 km
  • Forsthausbastion3.8 km
  • Alte Deponie Achtbeeteweg4.1 km
  • Ernemannturm4.3 km

and 94 more

Waterfalls 1

  • Prießnitzwasserfall8.1 km

Ruins 48

  • Bilzburg7.7 km
  • Mäuseturm8.1 km
  • Hohenplauensches Wasserhaus (Fundamentreste)3.5 km
  • Burgruine Grimmstein18 km
  • Künstliche Ruine1.1 km
  • Burg Helfenberg8.7 km
  • Teufelsmühle11 km
  • Miniatur-Mühle11 km
  • Burgtürchen12 km
  • Südturm13 km
  • Brauereiturm14 km
  • Weißer Turm18 km

and 35 more

City gates 2

  • Weinbergstor8.9 km

Windmills 14

  • Leutewitzer Windmühle4.5 km
  • Mühlenstube Gohliser Windmühle7.1 km
  • Boxdorfer Windmühle8.4 km
  • Windmühle Possendorf9.0 km
  • Windmühle Kaufbach11 km
  • Reitzendorfer Windmühle13 km
  • Pohlsche Windmühle13 km
  • Gründelmühle Brockwitz16 km
  • Holländermühle Brockwitz16 km
  • Windmühle Pegenau17 km
  • Weinböhlaer Windmühle18 km
  • Holländermühle19 km

and 2 more

Lookout towers 11

  • Hoher Stein3.9 km
  • Bismarckturm Dresden-Cossebaude9.2 km
  • Lugturm10 km
  • König-Albert-Turm17 km
  • Wartturm17 km
  • Boselturm19 km

and 3 more

Caves 9

  • Lungkwitzer Höhlen13 km
  • Weinkeller13 km
  • Östliches Mundloch14 km
  • Zwergenhöhle17 km
  • Jungfernloch18 km
  • Abendrothgrotte19 km
  • Struppengrundhöhle21 km
  • Höhle an der Königsnase21 km
  • Steuppengrundhöhle21 km

Historic towers 2

  • Eulenturm15 km

Watermills 16

  • Mühlenmuseum6.9 km
  • Keppmühle9.9 km
  • Hauswaldmühle11 km
  • Marienmühle15 km
  • Schloßmühle15 km
  • Mehnertmühle Medingen15 km
  • Hüttermühle Radeberg16 km
  • Grundmühle Jessen16 km
  • Geipelmühle18 km
  • Porschendorfer Mühle19 km
  • Buschmühle19 km
  • Mittelmühle19 km

and 3 more

Archaeological sites 40

  • Heidenschanze4.9 km
  • Alt-Gvozdek vormals Burgberg Niederwartha10 km
  • Wallburg Schlossberg11 km
  • Kreisgrabenanlage Dresden-Nickern7.0 km
  • Todhübel9.6 km
  • Wallburg Robisch13 km
  • Burgward Bvistrici7.1 km
  • Burg Reinholdshain17 km
  • Preußische Schanze Nr. VIII3.7 km
  • Burgwall Briesnitz4.8 km
  • Wallburg Burgberg Loschwitz5.4 km
  • Napoleonschanze5.6 km

and 28 more

Monuments 5

  • DenkRaum Sophienkirche0.2 km
  • Bismarcksäule3.2 km
  • Bismarckturm Radebeul8.7 km

and 2 more

Beaches and swimming spots 5

  • Strandbad Friedewald11 km
  • Strandbad Paulsdorf16 km

and 3 more

Summits 298

  • Zechstein12 km
  • Windberg8.0 km
  • Borsberg12 km
  • Gamighübel5.9 km
  • Hutberg11 km
  • Horkenberg7.1 km
  • Bosel18 km
  • Luchberg20 km
  • Triebenberg13 km
  • Landberg17 km
  • Hoher Stein13 km
  • Steinberg16 km

and 286 more

Bunkers 2

  • Bunkergraben13 km
  • Mutschmann-Bunker20 km

How Dresden turns into a game

RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:

1

Places become quests

Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.

2

Being first pays off

If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.

3

The map fills in

Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.

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Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. As of 2026-09-30. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.