Stratovolcano · Southern Region

Hekla

1,491 m4,892 ft

Prominence: 806 m2,645 ft
Isolation: 39 km
Tonight: -12°CCloudy · Wind 15 km/h E

Hekla is a 1,491 m (4,892 ft) stratovolcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,491 m · 4,892 ft
Nearest higher peak: Eyjafjallajökull (1,651 m)
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 63.9918° N, 19.6669° W

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3D map

Hekla 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hekla topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Hekla High Parking. 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

Hekla downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGHekla satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-20.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXHekla 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 Hekla

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Hekla High Parking (parking)

Distance: 3.1 kmone way
Climb: +507 m(1,663 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Hekla elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 1

Parking, 5.1 km NE of Hekla5.9 km · +865 m · about 3 h
T2GPX KML

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

Weather

Hekla weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -12°C (10°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 15 km/h E

Hekla forecast for the summit, about 1,491 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 967 m.

Tonight-12°0.1 mm15 km/h EBase -9°
Sat-12°-7°0.7 mm18 km/h NEBase -10 / -4°
Sun-13°-9°–14 km/h NWBase -11 / -6°
Mon-13°-9°0.2 mm13 km/h EBase -10 / -6°
Tue-9°-7°1.0 mm13 km/h SWBase -6 / -4°
Wed-8°-5°20.7 mm36 km/h SEBase -5 / -2°
Thu-6°1°35.7 mm56 km/h SEBase -3 / 3°
Fri-6°-3°14.0 mm28 km/h SEBase -3 / -1°
Sat-8°-4°2.4 mm10 km/h SWBase -6 / -1°
Sun-11°-8°–10 km/h EBase -8 / -5°

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 Hekla

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

Nearest parking
Hekla High Parking
2.9 km ENE · +2 more within 5.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Hekla High ParkingParking	2.9 km ENE
Hekla Low ParkingParking	4.2 km ENE
Parking	5.0 km NE

Slope

How steep is the route to Hekla?

The easiest mapped route, 3.1 km from 967 m to 1,491 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.

0 km · 967 m3.1 km · 1,491 m

0–15°2.7 km
15–30°0.4 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 58.9%Moss & lichen 24.1%Snow & ice 8.6%Grassland 8.4%

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

Where it sits

Where Hekla sits

Ranked in 1

#3 Volcanoes in Iceland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Haukadalur48 km NW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,484 m at the summit; the official height is 1,491 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,491 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,484 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,473 m	-18 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 2025-08-20)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Hekla

West → east through the summit

Easiest route: from Hekla High Parking (parking)

Nearest parking

Data sources