Cradle Mountain
- Prominence
- 359 m1,177 ft
- Isolation
- 4.8 km
- Tonight
- 3°CRain · Wind 12 km/h W
Cradle Mountain is a 1,545 m (5,069 ft) mountain in Tasmania, Australia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,545 m · 5,069 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Barn Bluff (1,559 m)
- Region
- Tasmania, Australia
- Spanish name
- Montaña Cradle
- Coordinates
- 41.6849° S, 145.9518° E
Cradle Mountain 3D map
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Cradle Mountain 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.
West → east through the summit
Cradle Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Cradle Mountain
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.0 km NNE of Cradle Mountain
- Distance
- 5.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +647 m−67 m (2,123 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Cradle Mountain weather
Today · Rain at night · 3 / 12°C (37 / 54°F) · 10.0 mm · Wind 12 km/h W
Cradle Mountain forecast for the summit, about 1,545 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 940 m.
- Today3°12°10.0 mm12 km/h WBase 7 / 17°
- Sun-4°4°7.8 mm18 km/h WBase 0 / 8°
- Mon-3°1°7.9 mm22 km/h SWBase 1 / 5°
- Tue-1°0°8.4 mm24 km/h WBase 4 / 5°
- Wed1°2°6.6 mm22 km/h WBase 5 / 7°
- Thu-2°8°–20 km/h SWBase 3 / 12°
- Fri4°7°4.5 mm13 km/h NWBase 8 / 11°
- Sat-1°6°7.0 mm23 km/h SWBase 3 / 11°
- Sun-4°7°–18 km/h SBase 0 / 12°
- Mon0°7°–17 km/h NEBase 4 / 10°
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 Cradle Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cradle Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Scott-Kilvert Memorial Hut
Nearest campsite
Scott-Kilvert Hut Campsite
Nearest parking
Ronny Creek Carpark
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Scott-Kilvert Memorial HutHut | 1.4 km SE |
| Scott-Kilvert Hut CampsiteCampsite | 1.4 km SE |
| Waterfall Valley HutHut | 3.3 km S |
| Old Waterfall Valley HutHut | 3.3 km S |
| Waterfall Valley Public Camping PlatformCampsite | 3.3 km S |
| Waterfall Valley Group Camping PlatformCampsite | 3.3 km S |
| Parking | 5.2 km N |
| Ronny Creek CarparkParking | 5.5 km N |
How steep is the route to Cradle Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 5.2 km from 940 m to 1,545 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.
- 0–15°4.5 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Cradle Mountain summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Weindorfers Tower1,459 m 0.9 km NNE
- 2Benson Peak1,368 m 1.3 km S
- 3Little Horn1,355 m 1.3 km NE
- 4Hansons Peak1,180 m 2.6 km NE
- 5Artillery Knob1,215 m 2.7 km NE
- 6Marions Lookout1,223 m 2.7 km N
- 7Crater Peak1,270 m 3.0 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 351 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Pandani159
- Deciduous beech153
- Black Currawong119
- Scoparia104
- Tasmanian Waratah96
- King Billy pine91
Where Cradle Mountain sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
18 m low This 3D map reads 1,527 m at the summit; the official height is 1,545 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,545 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,527 m | -18 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,519 m | -26 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 2026-03-31)
- 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