Gunung Raung · 3,260 m · 23 km WSW

Stratovolcano · East Java

Ijen

2,769 m9,085 ft

Mapped trail: 5.3 km+947 m · about 3 hEnds 70 m below the summit.
Prominence: 18 m60 ft
Isolation: 0.2 km
Tonight: 7°CCloudy · Wind 23 km/h S

Ijen is a 2,769 m (9,085 ft) stratovolcano in East Java, Indonesia.

All facts

Elevation: 2,769 m · 9,085 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Merapi (Ijen) (2,799 m)
Region: East Java, Indonesia
Coordinates: 8.0626° S, 114.2551° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Ijen

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

From Road end, 3.6 km WSW of Ijen

Distance: 5.3 kmone way
Climb: +947 m−124 m (3,107 ft up)
Time up: about 3 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Ijen elevation profile

The mapped trail ends 70 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

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

3D map

Ijen 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ijen terrain and contours

100 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 500 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.

Weather

Ijen weather

Today · Rain showers · 7 / 15°C (45 / 59°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 23 km/h S

Ijen forecast for the summit, about 2,769 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,875 m.

Today7°15°1.8 mm23 km/h SBase 13 / 20°
Sun7°15°2.2 mm18 km/h SBase 13 / 20°
Mon7°15°5.4 mm14 km/h SEBase 13 / 20°
Tue8°14°4.2 mm6 km/h EBase 14 / 18°
Wed8°15°1.1 mm8 km/h SBase 14 / 20°
Thu8°13°3.4 mm9 km/h SBase 14 / 19°
Fri8°16°0.7 mm8 km/h SEBase 13 / 20°
Sat8°14°3.1 mm12 km/h SBase 14 / 21°
Sun7°15°2.6 mm6 km/h SEBase 13 / 20°
Mon9°15°0.9 mm7 km/h SWBase 15 / 21°

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 Ijen

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

Nearest campsite
Camping Ground Paltuding Gunung Ijen
3.7 km WSW
Directions Map
Nearest parking
3.7 km WSW
+1 more within 4.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Camping Ground Paltuding Gunung IjenCampsite	3.7 km WSW
Parking	3.7 km WSW
Parking	4.0 km WSW

Slope

How steep is the route to Ijen?

The easiest mapped route, 5.3 km from 1,875 m to 2,694 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.

0 km · 1,875 m5.3 km · 2,694 m

0–15°4.2 km
15–30°0.9 km
30–45°0.2 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.

Trees 61.7%Grassland 35.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.3%Water 1.2%

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

Where it sits

Where Ijen sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SemeruPeak · 3,676 m147 km W

Downloads

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

Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.

Print & wall

JPGIjen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXIjen GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,765 m at the summit; the official height is 2,769 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,769 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,765 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,754 m	-15 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 2026-09-26)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Ijen

From Road end, 3.6 km WSW of Ijen

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Data sources