Signal de Botrange

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Signal de Botrange
The 6 m high tower at the Signal de Botrange
Elevation	694 metres (2,277 ft)
Location	Liège, Belgium
Range	Hautes Fagnes
Coordinates	50°30′06″N 6°05′35″E / 50.50167, 6.09306Coordinates: 50°30′06″N 6°05′35″E / 50.50167, 6.09306

The Signal de Botrange is the highest point in Belgium, located in the High Fens (Hautes Fagnes in French), at 694 metres (2,277 ft). It is the top of a broad plateau, and a road crosses the summit, passing an adjacent café. In 1923, the six-metre-high Baltia tower was built on the summit to allow visitors to reach an altitude of 700 m. A stone tower built in 1934 reaches 718 m.

At the height of winter the site is used as the start of a number of cross-country skiing routes.