Champ Pittet tower

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Champ Pittet tower
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: Cheseaux-Noréaz
Canton: Vaud
Country: Switzerland
Altitude : 431  m
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '9.2 "  N , 6 ° 39' 56.7"  E ; CH1903:  540983  /  181,927
Use: Observation tower
Accessibility: Observation tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time : 2018
Construction costs : 269,000 CHF
Client : Atelier Yverdon-Domenjoz SA
Building material : Wood
Total height : m
Viewing platform: m
Position map
Champ Pittet Tower (Canton of Vaud)
Champ Pittet tower
Champ Pittet tower
Localization of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland

The Champ Pittet tower is a bird watching tower located in the municipality of Cheseaux-Noréaz in the canton of Vaud .

situation

The tower, mainly made of spruce and white fir , is 9 meters high. 30 steps made of oak lead to the viewing platform at a height of 6 meters.

The platform offers a view of Lake Neuchâtel and the La Côte range of hills on the opposite side of the lake.

From the parking lot of the ProNatura country house you can reach the observation tower in about 5 minutes.

history

From 1982 to 2017 a similar bird observation tower stood in the same place .

Old observation tower
Panorama from the Champ Pittet tower