Sausheim works well as a base: 5 minutes from Battenheim, 24km from Grand Ballon.
Sausheim is in Grand Est, France, with about 5,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Battenheim, about 4 km away.
Sausheim (Alsatian: Sàuisa or Sàise) is a commune in the French department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, Grand Est, northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.
Within an hour or so of Sausheim: Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf) (4 km), Hartmannswillerkopf (18 km), Grand Ballon (24 km), Eguisheim (29 km).
Are there any good drives near Sausheim?
The nearest famous roads are Route des Crêtes (Vosges), Route des Vins d'Alsace and Alsace Wine Route.
Where is Sausheim?
Sausheim is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from Battenheim.
Road trip
Drive to Sausheim
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf)
The former Schlumpf brothers' secret collection in Mulhouse, the largest car museum in the world, with over 100 Bugattis including two Royales, hidden from the public until a factory occupation revealed it in 1977.
4 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Hartmannswillerkopf
A WWI mountain battlefield of trenches and a vast crypt overlooking the Alsace plain.
18 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Grand Ballon
The highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Eguisheim
A concentric wine village of cobbled lanes spiralling around its castle, voted favourite village of France.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Basel
A cultural powerhouse at the meeting point of three countries, home to over 40 museums, a vibrant Rhine riverfront, and Art Basel.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Basel Zoo
Switzerland's oldest and most visited zoo, affectionately known as 'Zolli', with a strong conservation focus.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Colmar Old Town
A fairy-tale Alsatian town with brilliantly colored half-timbered houses along the canals of its 'Little Venice' quarter.
33 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Pantheon Basel
Striking rotunda in Muttenz where a spiral ramp climbs past decades of classic cars and motorcycles: part museum, part working forum for Basel's vintage-car scene.
34 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Sausheim
24 kmGrand BallonThe highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
40 kmBallon d'Alsace SummitGrassy 1,247 m summit at the meeting point of Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comte, reached by a classic hairpinned climb first raced in the 1905 Tour de France; views stretch to Mont Blanc on clear days.
41 kmRoute des Vins d'AlsaceA 170 km wine road threading flower-decked villages and vine-clad hills below the Vosges mountains.
41 kmRoute des Crêtes (Vosges)A ridge road built for military supply in the First World War, running the length of the Vosges summits with views to the Black Forest and, on clear days, the Alps.
43 kmAlsace Wine RouteA 170-kilometer scenic wine road winding through vine-covered hills and storybook villages from Marlenheim to Thann.
48 kmFeldbergThe Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.