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Monte Cavo
- Prominence
- 83 m272 ft
- Isolation
- 2.0 km
- Tonight
- 9°CLight rain · Wind 18 km/h SE
Monte Cavo is a 950 m (3,117 ft) mountain in the Alban Hills, Lazio, Italy.
All facts
- Elevation
- 950 m · 3,117 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Monte Guadagnolo (1,218 m)
- Range
- Alban Hills
- Region
- Lazio, Italy
- Coordinates
- 41.7515° N, 12.7104° E
Monte Cavo 3D map
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Monte Cavo 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.
Monte Cavo elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Monte Cavo weather
Tonight · Light rain · 9°C (48°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 18 km/h SE
Monte Cavo forecast for the summit, about 950 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 288 m.
- Tonight9°0.2 mm18 km/h SEBase 13°
- Today4°14°0.5 mm15 km/h NWBase 8 / 18°
- Sun4°12°–14 km/h NBase 8 / 16°
- Mon6°15°–10 km/h EBase 10 / 19°
- Tue6°15°–6 km/h NWBase 10 / 19°
- Wed6°15°–5 km/h SEBase 10 / 19°
- Thu7°13°1.0 mm6 km/h EBase 11 / 17°
- Fri5°13°0.3 mm6 km/h WBase 9 / 17°
- Sat3°12°–7 km/h NWBase 7 / 16°
- Sun5°13°1.5 mm8 km/h SEBase 8 / 17°
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 near Monte Cavo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Monte Cavo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km SW
Nearest caravan site
Spiaggia del Lago
Nearest hut
Casa dei Guardiani
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km SW |
| Parking | 0.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 0.4 km ESE |
| Spiaggia del LagoCaravan site | 5.0 km W |
| Casa dei GuardianiHut | 6.8 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 70% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 4.8% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 669 m low point 288 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
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 Monte Cavo summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Monte Vescovo822 m 1.6 km E
- 2Maschio delle Faete956 m 2.0 km ESE
- 3Monte Ara782 m 2.0 km NNE
- 4Colle Iano938 m 2.6 km ENE
- 5Colle Grotticelle798 m 2.6 km SE
- 6Monte Calvarone672 m 2.8 km SSE
- 7Colle Giovannone757 m 2.9 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 639 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Spotted deadnettle12
- European Toad12
- Stinking hellebore10
- Jigsaw10
- Blue Anemone10
- European Firebug8
Where Monte Cavo sits
Nearby places
Lake Albano293 m↑3.5 km W
Lake Nemi316 m↑4.4 km S
Naumachia AugustiLake↑25 km NW
Lake Bracciano164 m↑57 km NW
Monte SorattePeak · 691 m↑58 km NNW
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Monte Cavo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 956 m at the summit; the official height is 950 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 950 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 956 m | +6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 953 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 2026-07-18)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- 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