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Mont Jacques-Cartier

1,270 m4,167 ft

Prominence: at least 1,079 m3,540 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -7°CClear · Wind 15 km/h NW

Mont Jacques-Cartier is a 1,270 m (4,167 ft) mountain in the McGerrigle Mountains, Quebec, Canada.

All facts

Elevation: 1,270 m · 4,167 ft
Range: McGerrigle Mountains
Region: Quebec, Canada
Protected area: Gaspésie National Park
Spanish name: Monte Jacques-Cartier
Coordinates: 48.9876° N, 65.9485° W

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3D map

Mont Jacques-Cartier 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mont Jacques-Cartier terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mont Jacques-Cartier elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mont Jacques-Cartier weather

Tonight · Clear · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 15 km/h NW

Mont Jacques-Cartier forecast for the summit, about 1,270 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 585 m.

Tonight-7°–15 km/h NWBase -3°
Sat-7°5°–15 km/h NWBase -3 / 10°
Sun-4°9°0.2 mm24 km/h WBase 0 / 13°
Mon-7°2°0.8 mm30 km/h WBase -3 / 7°
Tue-8°-5°–28 km/h NWBase -4 / -1°
Wed-8°-2°–18 km/h WBase -4 / 2°
Thu-8°2°0.4 mm9 km/h SWBase -4 / 6°
Fri-5°0°1.6 mm21 km/h NWBase -1 / 4°
Sat-8°-2°0.2 mm17 km/h WBase -4 / 2°
Sun-5°1°0.8 mm13 km/h SWBase 0 / 5°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mont Jacques-Cartier

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

Nearest campsite
La Camarine
3.6 km WSW · +1 more within 6.4 km
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Nearest hut
Le Tétras
3.8 km WSW · +2 more within 7.1 km
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Nearest parking
Stationnement Mont-Jacques-Cartier
6.4 km NE · +1 more within 7.8 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
La CamarineCampsite	3.6 km WSW
Le TétrasHut	3.8 km WSW
Refuge des Mines-MadeleineHut	4.9 km WNW
Stationnement Mont-Jacques-CartierParking	6.4 km NE
Camping Mont-Jacques-CartierCampsite	6.4 km NE
Le RoselinHut	7.1 km WSW
Parking	7.8 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

65.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

24.7%

Steep, 30–45°

9.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 10.1% of the 71 km² view
Relief in view: 690 m low point 585 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.3%Grassland 13.2%Moss & lichen 4.9%Water 2.3%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.2 km, measured from the Mont Jacques-Cartier summit.

Summit list 7

1Mont Dos-de-Baleine1,249 m 1.3 km NE
2Mont Comte1,229 m 1.6 km SW
3Mont de la Passe1,231 m 2.4 km N
4Pic des Os Perdus1,040 m 3.0 km E
5Mont Rolland-Germain1,202 m 3.8 km N
6Pic du Vieillard1,026 m 3.8 km ENE
7Mont de la Table1,180 m 4.1 km W

Where it sits

Where Mont Jacques-Cartier sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lac PohénégamookLake294 km SW

Mont Jacques-Cartier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMont Jacques-Cartier satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,275 m at the summit; the official height is 1,270 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,270 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,275 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,273 m	+3 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 2026-09-25)
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

Mont Jacques-Cartier

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

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