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Arenal Volcano
- Mapped trail
- 1.4 km+184 m · about 0.5 hEnds 910 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 860 m2,821 ft
- Isolation
- 9.9 km
- Tonight
- 15°CCloudy · Wind 12 km/h S
Arenal Volcano is a 1,670 m (5,479 ft) mountain in the Sierra de Tilarán, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,670 m · 5,479 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Volcán Tenorio (1,916 m)
- Range
- Sierra de Tilarán
- Region
- Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- Spanish name
- Volcán Arenal
- Coordinates
- 10.4626° N, 84.7029° W
Trails toward Arenal Volcano
Mapped trails from the road get to 910 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end, 3.0 km NNW of Arenal Volcano
- Distance
- 1.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +184 m−13 m (604 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Ends 910 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Arenal Volcano 3D map
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Arenal Volcano terrain and contours
50 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
Arenal Volcano weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 12 km/h S
Arenal Volcano forecast for the summit, about 1,670 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 594 m.
- Tonight15°–12 km/h SBase 22°
- Sat14°21°3.5 mm15 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
- Sun14°20°1.7 mm18 km/h EBase 21 / 27°
- Mon15°22°0.3 mm14 km/h SBase 21 / 28°
- Tue15°21°1.5 mm9 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
- Wed14°21°1.4 mm10 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
- Thu14°21°2.5 mm8 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
- Fri14°21°4.0 mm10 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
- Sat14°19°6.5 mm10 km/h EBase 20 / 26°
- Sun14°19°16.1 mm11 km/h EBase 21 / 26°
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 Arenal Volcano
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Arenal Volcano, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.6 km N
Nearest campsite
5.0 km E
How steep is the route to Arenal Volcano?
The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 594 m to 761 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°1.3 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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 3.7 km; 2,737 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- White-nosed Coati1,047
- Red-eyed Tree Frog782
- Central American Eyelash-Viper750
- Crested Guan707
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird667
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager662
Where Arenal Volcano sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467
- Region
- Costa Rica14North America1,313
Nearby places
Chato VolcanPeak · 1,140 m↑2.7 km SE
Lago CoteLake · 649 m↑26 km WNW
Lake Arenal600 m↑26 km WNW
Volcán TenorioPeak · 1,916 m↑41 km NW
Poás VolcanoPeak · 2,708 m↑60 km ESE
More in the American Cordillera 6
Arenal Volcano downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,674 m at the summit; the official height is 1,670 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,670 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,674 m | +4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,670 m | -0 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 2024 (scene 2024-03-30)
- 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
- 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