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Cerro Zacatales · 3,408 m · 3.6 km N

Mountain · Cordillera de Talamanca

Cerro de la Muerte

3,451 m11,322 ft

Isolation: 0.8 km
Region: Costa Rica
Tonight: 6°CFog · Wind 7 km/h NE

Cerro de la Muerte is a 3,451 m (11,322 ft) mountain in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica.

All facts

Elevation: 3,451 m · 11,322 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cerro Chirripó (3,820 m)
Range: Cordillera de Talamanca
Coordinates: 9.5596° N, 83.7554° W

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3D map

Cerro de la Muerte 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cerro de la Muerte topographic map

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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Cerro de la Muerte downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCerro de la Muerte satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-20.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXCerro de la Muerte GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Cerro de la Muerte

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 0.7 km N of Cerro de la Muerte

Distance: 1.1 kmone way
Climb: +118 m−7 m (387 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Cerro de la Muerte elevation profile

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Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Cerro de la Muerte weather

Tonight · Fog · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 7 km/h NE

Cerro de la Muerte forecast for the summit, about 3,451 m.

Tonight6°–7 km/h NE
Sat6°11°24.3 mm9 km/h SE
Sun6°10°36.5 mm9 km/h S
Mon5°9°17.9 mm9 km/h SE
Tue5°12°4.5 mm5 km/h SW
Wed5°10°14.5 mm4 km/h SE
Thu6°9°13.4 mm4 km/h S
Fri6°9°9.4 mm4 km/h SE
Sat3°13°2.4 mm5 km/h NE
Sun5°11°3.4 mm4 km/h SE

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cerro de la Muerte

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cerro de la Muerte, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.5 km N
+2 more within 5.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	1.5 km N
Parking	3.5 km E
Parking	5.8 km W

Slope

How steep is the route to Cerro de la Muerte?

The easiest mapped route, 1.1 km from 3,352 m to 3,451 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 3,352 m1.1 km · 3,451 m

0–15°1.0 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.

Trees 95.3%Grassland 4.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Cerro de la Muerte summit.

Summit list 3

1Cerro Frío3,483 m 1.0 km SW
2Cerro Asunción3,400 m 1.7 km N
3Cerro Zacatales3,408 m 2.9 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 336 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Volcano Junco262
Emerald Swift218
Cacalote202
Giant thistle165
Castilleja talamancensis128
Acaena cylindristachya106

Where it sits

Where Cerro de la Muerte sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Poás VolcanoPeak · 2,708 m88 km NW

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,451 m at the summit; the official height is 3,451 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,451 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,451 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,460 m	+9 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 2025 (scene 2025-03-20)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Cerro de la Muerte

West → east through the summit

From Road end, 0.7 km N of Cerro de la Muerte

Nearest parking

Data sources