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Irazú Volcano

3,432 m11,260 ft

Prominence: 1,892 m6,206 ft
Isolation: 47 km
Region: Costa Rica
Tonight: 6°CLight rain · Wind 10 km/h N

Irazú Volcano is a 3,432 m (11,260 ft) volcano in the Cordillera Central, Costa Rica.

All facts

Elevation: 3,432 m · 11,260 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cerro de la Muerte (3,451 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Spanish name: Irazú
Coordinates: 9.9763° N, 83.8543° W

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Irazú Volcano

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

Nearest parking
0.1 km ENE
+2 more within 1.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Cabaña Noche Buena
2.2 km SE · +1 more within 7.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km ENE
Parking	0.9 km E
Parking	1.0 km E
Cabaña Noche BuenaHut	2.2 km SE
Refugio Volcán TurrialbaHut	7.7 km ENE

3D map

Irazú Volcano 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Irazú Volcano terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Irazú Volcano elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Irazú Volcano weather

Tonight · Light rain · 6°C (43°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h N

Irazú Volcano forecast for the summit, about 3,432 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,503 m.

Tonight6°0.4 mm10 km/h NBase 18°
Sat5°9°15.6 mm9 km/h NEBase 16 / 21°
Sun3°10°9.1 mm10 km/h NBase 15 / 21°
Mon4°10°15.5 mm10 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
Tue3°10°3.3 mm4 km/h NWBase 15 / 22°
Wed5°9°11.5 mm5 km/h NEBase 16 / 20°
Thu4°10°5.8 mm5 km/h NBase 15 / 21°
Fri4°10°5.0 mm4 km/h NBase 15 / 22°
Sat3°10°6.8 mm7 km/h NEBase 15 / 21°
Sun4°9°20.9 mm8 km/h NBase 16 / 20°

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.

Slope

Share of the 11.4 × 11.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

34.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.3%

Steep, 30–45°

18.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.5%

Steeper than 30°: 22.3% of the 130 km² view
Relief in view: 1,929 m low point 1,503 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.8%Grassland 15.8%Cropland 6.1%Bare rock / sparse 2.5%Built-up 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.7 km, measured from the Irazú Volcano summit.

Summit list 7

1Cerro Noche Buena3,228 m 1.5 km ESE
2Cerro Retes3,178 m 2.0 km WSW
3Cerro Gurdián3,076 m 2.5 km S
4Cerro Cabeza de Vaca3,082 m 3.7 km W
5Cerro Convenio3,115 m 5.0 km E
6Cerro Pasquí2,564 m 5.2 km SSE
7Cerro Alto Grande2,803 m 5.3 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.7 km; 434 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Poor man's umbrella239
Cacalote158
Rufous-collared Sparrow129
Volcano Junco121
Sooty Thrush121
Maianthemum gigas113

Where it sits

Where Irazú Volcano sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro ChirripóPeak · 3,820 m68 km SE

Downloads

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,432 m at the summit; the official height is 3,432 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,432 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,432 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,420 m	-12 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.
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

Irazú Volcano

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

West → east through the summit

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