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Acatenango
- Easiest route
- 1.6 km+509 m · about 1 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,854 m6,083 ft
- Isolation
- 125 km
- Tonight
- -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 14 km/h NE
Acatenango is a 3,976 m (13,045 ft) volcano in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Guatemala.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,976 m · 13,045 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Volcán Tajumulco (4,203 m)
- Range
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Region
- Guatemala
- Spanish name
- Volcán Acatenango
- Coordinates
- 14.5015° N, 90.8754° W
How to get to the top of Acatenango
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 1.3 km NNE of Acatenango
- Distance
- 1.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +509 m−8 m (1,670 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Acatenango 3D map
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Acatenango terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Acatenango weather
Today · Cloudy · -1 / 6°C (30 / 43°F) · Wind 14 km/h NE
Acatenango forecast for the summit, about 3,976 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,459 m.
- Today-1°6°–14 km/h NEBase 2 / 9°
- Sat-3°9°2.5 mm15 km/h SBase 0 / 12°
- Sun-3°9°1.3 mm15 km/h SBase 0 / 12°
- Mon-3°9°1.8 mm12 km/h NEBase 0 / 12°
- Tue-3°7°2.5 mm9 km/h SWBase 0 / 10°
- Wed-5°8°2.7 mm7 km/h NEBase -2 / 11°
- Thu-2°9°2.4 mm7 km/h NEBase 1 / 12°
- Fri0°6°5.8 mm6 km/h SWBase 3 / 9°
- Sat-4°10°0.9 mm8 km/h NEBase 0 / 13°
- Sun-1°9°1.0 mm9 km/h NEBase 2 / 12°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Acatenango
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Acatenango, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Soy Tours Campsite
Nearest hut
Acatenango Tours
Nearest parking
3.3 km N
Nearest caravan site
Miratenango
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Soy Tours CampsiteCampsite | 0.5 km WSW |
| Campsite | 0.5 km WSW |
| Campsite | 0.5 km N |
| Acatenango ToursHut | 0.7 km SSE |
| Parking | 3.3 km N |
| MiratenangoCaravan site | 3.8 km N |
| Parking | 4.0 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.0 km N |
How steep is the route to Acatenango?
The easiest mapped route, 1.6 km from 3,459 m to 3,976 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.
- 0–15°0.5 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.7 km; 188 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Bidens triplinervia62
- Giant thistle53
- Yellow-eyed Junco51
- Castilleja pectinata50
- Vaccinium confertum48
- Lupinus montanus37
Where Acatenango sits
- Region
- Guatemala16North America1,313
Nearby places
Volcán de FuegoPeak · 3,765 m↑3.1 km S
Volcán de AguaPeak · 3,760 m↑15 km ESE
PacayaPeak · 2,552 m↑32 km ESE
Volcán AtitlánPeak · 3,537 m↑35 km WNW
Volcán TolimánPeak · 3,158 m↑36 km WNW
More in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas 6
Acatenango downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,970 m at the summit; the official height is 3,976 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,976 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,970 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,960 m | -16 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-02-02)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia