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Hōrai Valley

Floor59 m194 ft
Depth
272 m
Rim
330 m
Length
4.2 km
Tonight
18°CLight rain · Wind 23 km/h S

Hōrai Valley is up to 272 m deep: the rim reaches 330 m and the floor 59 m, along 4.2 km.

All facts
Floor
59 m
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Depth

Depth of Hōrai Valley

Up to 272 m deep (typically 268 m) along the 4.2 km in view.

0100200300400500272 mrimfloor024.2 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Hōrai Valley 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12 × 12 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Hōrai Valley terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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 centre

Hōrai Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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

Hōrai Valley weather

Today · Rain · 18 / 21°C (64 / 70°F) · 4.0 mm · Wind 23 km/h S

Hōrai Valley forecast for about 330 m.

  • Today18°21°4.0 mm23 km/h S
  • Sun19°21°35.7 mm22 km/h S
  • Mon18°19°75.0 mm26 km/h E
  • Tue13°19°–19 km/h NW
  • Wed7°14°–18 km/h N
  • Thu11°14°–4 km/h NE
  • Fri13°20°0.1 mm7 km/h SW
  • Sat10°20°0.3 mm12 km/h W
  • Sun10°16°0.9 mm8 km/h N
  • Mon10°13°0.8 mm12 km/h N

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 Hōrai Valley

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

  • Nearest campsite

    FBR (ForestBaseRokko)

    1.1 km SSW · +2 more within 3.6 km

  • Nearest parking

    1.7 km W

    +2 more within 1.9 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
FBR (ForestBaseRokko)Campsite1.1 km SSW
Parking1.7 km W
Parking1.8 km W
Parking1.9 km W
社家郷山キャンプ場Campsite3.1 km SSE
奥池あそびの広場Campsite3.6 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
51.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
36.4%
Steep, 30–45°
12.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
12.4% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
924 m low point 7 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.2%Built-up 20.9%Grassland 5.5%Cropland 0.9%Water 0.7%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Hōrai Valley.

NESW5 km10 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1林山745 m 4.1 km SSW
  2. 2蛇谷北山840 m 4.6 km SW
  3. 3Mount Iba690 m 4.9 km WSW
  4. 4Mt. Rokkō931 m 5.0 km SW
  5. 5East Otafu Mountain697 m 5.3 km SSW
  6. 6Nishi-Otafuku Mountain873 m 5.8 km SW
  7. 7灰形山619 m 6.0 km WSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 580 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Gonista bicolor16
  • Black-kneed Meadow Katydid14
  • Patanga japonica13
  • Japanese Skink12
  • Oriental Longheaded Locust12
  • Euscyrtus japonicus11
Where it sits

Where Hōrai Valley sits

Region
Japan153Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Sources

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 2026-08-05)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia