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Malyovitsa

2,729 m8,953 ft
Prominence
585 m1,918 ft
Isolation
2.8 km
Tonight
-3°CClear · Wind 4 km/h SW

Malyovitsa is a 2,729 m (8,953 ft) mountain in the Rila, Kyustendil, Bulgaria.

All facts
Elevation
2,729 m · 8,953 ft
Nearest higher peak
Musala (2,925 m)
Range
Rila
Region
Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Coordinates
42.1726° N, 23.3626° E
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3D map

Malyovitsa 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.4 × 6.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Malyovitsa 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.

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

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Route

How to get to the top of Malyovitsa

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

Easiest route: from Road end, 4.6 km SSW of Malyovitsa

Distance
6.5 kmone way
Climb
+1,576 m−34 m (5,171 ft up)
Time up
about 4.5 h
Difficulty
T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Malyovitsa elevation profile
1,5002,0002,50006.5 kmMalyovitsa

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2
  • Road end, 5.6 km N of Malyovitsa9.4 km · +1,245 m · about 4.5 h
    T3GPXKML
  • Road end, 4.5 km NNE of Malyovitsa5.5 km · +1,021 m · about 3 h
    T5GPXKML

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

Weather

Malyovitsa weather

Tonight · Clear · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 4 km/h SW

Malyovitsa forecast for the summit, about 2,729 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,716 m.

  • Tonight-3°–4 km/h SWBase 3°
  • Today-2°6°–9 km/h NWBase 4 / 12°
  • Sun-2°5°1.5 mm9 km/h NWBase 4 / 11°
  • Mon-6°2°3.7 mm9 km/h NBase 1 / 8°
  • Tue-8°-2°0.1 mm12 km/h NBase -2 / 4°
  • Wed-7°-5°1.7 mm12 km/h NEBase -1 / 1°
  • Thu-4°-2°1.1 mm9 km/h NEBase 2 / 4°
  • Fri-5°-2°0.9 mm6 km/h NWBase 1 / 4°
  • Sat-5°-3°2.4 mm5 km/h NWBase 1 / 3°
  • Sun-8°-4°4.0 mm7 km/h NBase -2 / 2°

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

Camping & parking near Malyovitsa

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

  • Nearest campsite

    2.0 km NNE

    +2 more within 7.6 km

  • Nearest hut

    Хижа Мальовица

    2.0 km NNE · +2 more within 5.0 km

  • Nearest parking

    2.7 km SSE

    +2 more within 3.7 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Campsite2.0 km NNE
Хижа МальовицаHut2.0 km NNE
Parking2.7 km SSE
з.Страшното езероHut3.2 km ENE
Parking3.6 km SE
Parking3.7 km SSW
Къмпинг БорCampsite3.7 km SSW
хижа Седемте езераHut5.0 km NW
Campsite7.6 km NNW
Slope

How steep is the route to Malyovitsa?

The easiest mapped route, 6.5 km from 1,171 m to 2,729 m. Steepest stretch: 25°.

0 km · 1,171 m6.5 km · 2,729 m
  • 0–15°3.6 km
  • 15–30°2.9 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 56.1%Trees 40.7%Bare rock / sparse 2.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Malyovitsa summit.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Eleni vrah2,669 m 0.6 km SE
  2. 2Орловец2,686 m 1.6 km E
  3. 3Камилата2,630 m 1.8 km ENE
  4. 4Двуглав2,592 m 1.9 km E
  5. 5Ловница2,693 m 2.2 km E
  6. 6Dodov Peak2,664 m 2.4 km WSW
  7. 7Голям Купен2,732 m 2.9 km E
  8. 8Среден Купен2,721 m 3.1 km E
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 167 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Northern Chamois11
  • Fireweed7
  • Fire Salamander6
  • Tree Lungwort5
  • Common Wall Lizard5
  • Pinguicula balcanica5
Where it sits

Where Malyovitsa sits

Range
Thrace-Macedonia massif3Rilo–Rhodope massif3Rila3
Region
Bulgaria25Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

12 m low This 3D map reads 2,717 m at the summit; the official height is 2,729 m.Official 2,729 m90 m model 2,705 mThis map 2,717 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,729 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,717 m-12 m
Copernicus GLO-902,705 m-24 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 2026-08-02)
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