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Monte San Giorgio

1,097 m3,599 ft

Easiest route: 1.6 km+415 m · about 1 h · T2
Prominence: 757 m2,485 ft
Isolation: 3.4 km
Tonight: 2°CFog · Wind 11 km/h N

Monte San Giorgio is a 1,097 m (3,599 ft) mountain in the Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,097 m · 3,599 ft
Nearest higher peak: Monte Generoso (1,701 m)
Range: Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo
Region: Canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Coordinates: 45.9135° N, 8.9499° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Monte San Giorgio

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 Serpiano

Distance: 1.6 kmone way
Climb: +415 m−6 m (1,362 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Monte San Giorgio elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Road end near Serpiano2.2 km · +432 m · about 1.5 h
T2GPX KML
Parking, 2.4 km S of Monte San Giorgio3.0 km · +489 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

Monte San Giorgio 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Monte San Giorgio terrain and contours

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

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Weather

Monte San Giorgio weather

Tonight · Fog · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 11 km/h N

Monte San Giorgio forecast for the summit, about 1,097 m.

Tonight2°–11 km/h N
Today1°11°–13 km/h N
Sun2°9°–12 km/h N
Mon2°11°–8 km/h NE
Tue2°12°–5 km/h SW
Wed4°13°–4 km/h S
Thu3°13°0.1 mm7 km/h SE
Fri4°10°0.2 mm4 km/h W
Sat4°10°0.1 mm5 km/h SW
Sun5°8°0.6 mm5 km/h S

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 Monte San Giorgio

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

Nearest hut
0.8 km SSW
+2 more within 4.2 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
1.1 km WNW
+2 more within 1.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping Paradiso Lago
2.5 km ENE · +2 more within 2.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
Partenza del sentiero del silenzio dedicato a Liliana Segre
5.3 km SW · +1 more within 4.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Hut	0.8 km SSW
Parking	1.1 km WNW
Parking	1.6 km W
Parking	1.6 km NW
Camping Paradiso LagoCampsite	2.5 km ENE
Monte San GiorgioCampsite	2.7 km S
Monte GenerosoCampsite	2.7 km NE
Rifugio Monte PravelloHut	3.4 km SW
Capanna La PianaHut	4.2 km SE
Trailhead	4.5 km NE
Partenza del sentiero del silenzio dedicato a Liliana SegreTrailhead	5.3 km SW

Slope

How steep is the route to Monte San Giorgio?

The easiest mapped route, 1.6 km from 689 m to 1,097 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.

0 km · 689 m1.6 km · 1,097 m

0–15°0.9 km
15–30°0.7 km
30–45°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.1%Water 18.5%Grassland 5.1%Built-up 5.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.5 km, measured from the Monte San Giorgio summit.

Summit list 5

1Punto 905905 m 1.1 km WSW
2Poncione d'Arzo1,017 m 3.0 km SW
3Monte Pravello1,015 m 3.1 km SW
4Sermonte650 m 3.3 km SSE
5Monte Grumello684 m 3.3 km WSW

Where it sits

Where Monte San Giorgio sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

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Monte San Giorgio downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMonte San Giorgio satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,099 m at the summit; the official height is 1,097 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,097 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,099 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,086 m	-11 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 2026-09-27)
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: Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Monte San Giorgio

Easiest route: from Road end near Serpiano

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest trailhead

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