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Monserrate

3,152 m10,341 ft

Easiest route: 2.6 km+488 m · about 1.5 h · T1
Prominence: 19 m62 ft
Isolation: 0.5 km
Tonight: 8°CCloudy · Wind 9 km/h SE

Monserrate is a 3,152 m (10,341 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Oriental, Bogotá, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 3,152 m · 10,341 ft
Nearest higher peak: Guadalupe Hill (3,260 m)
Range: Cordillera Oriental
Region: Bogotá, Colombia
Coordinates: 4.6113° N, 74.0513° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Monserrate

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

Easiest route: from Road end near Cerro de Monserrate

Distance: 2.6 kmone way
Climb: +488 m−39 m (1,601 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: T1Easy trail, trainers are fine

Monserrate elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 1.6 km E of Monserrate2.1 km · +67 m · about 0.5 h
T2GPX KML
Road end, 1.4 km NW of Monserrate2.2 km · +475 m · about 1.5 h
T2GPX KML

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

3D map

Monserrate 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Monserrate terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Cerro de Monserrate. 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.

Weather

Monserrate weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · Wind 9 km/h SE

Monserrate forecast for the summit, about 3,152 m.

Tonight8°–9 km/h SE
Sat7°17°0.9 mm13 km/h SE
Sun6°18°0.8 mm13 km/h SE
Mon9°17°0.7 mm12 km/h SE
Tue9°17°4.6 mm5 km/h W
Wed9°12°5.0 mm4 km/h E
Thu10°15°6.2 mm6 km/h SE
Fri9°15°1.2 mm7 km/h SE
Sat8°16°0.4 mm13 km/h SE
Sun8°17°0.2 mm12 km/h SE

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 Monserrate

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

Nearest parking
parking SA
1.4 km SW · +2 more within 1.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Casa de Don Victor
2.0 km SW
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
4.0 km NNW
+1 more within 5.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	1.4 km SW
parking SAParking	1.4 km SW
Parking	1.5 km SW
Casa de Don VictorCampsite	2.0 km SW
Caravan site	4.0 km NNW
Caravan site	5.3 km N

Slope

How steep is the route to Monserrate?

The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 2,689 m to 3,152 m. Steepest stretch: 44°.

0 km · 2,689 m2.6 km · 3,152 m

0–15°1.8 km
15–30°0.7 km
30–45°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 62.9%Built-up 26.7%Grassland 9.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Monserrate summit.

Summit list 3

1Pico del aguila3,125 m 0.5 km NNW
2Cerro El Cable3,156 m 2.0 km N
3Guadalupe Hill3,260 m 2.2 km S

Where it sits

Where Monserrate sits

Ranked in 1

#9 Treks and hikes in the Andes

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro BravoPeak · 3,985 m148 km WNW

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

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Print & wall

JPGMonserrate satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,152 m at the summit; the official height is 3,152 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,152 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,152 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,145 m	-7 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 2026-08-10)
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

Monserrate

Easiest route: from Road end near Cerro de Monserrate

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

Data sources