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Mount Asama
- Easiest route
- 6.1 km+900 m · about 3 h
- Prominence
- 1,601 m5,253 ft
- Isolation
- 45 km
- Tonight
- 3°CLight rain showers · Wind 14 km/h E
Mount Asama is a 2,568 m (8,425 ft) stratovolcano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,568 m · 8,425 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Tengu (2,646 m)
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Protected area
- Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Asama
- Coordinates
- 36.4063° N, 138.5232° E
How to get to the top of Mount Asama
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.8 km W of Mount Asama
- Distance
- 6.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +900 m−317 m (2,953 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Asama 3D map
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Mount Asama terrain and contours
100 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.
West → east through the summit
Mount Asama weather
Today · Heavy rain · 3 / 5°C (37 / 41°F) · 12.3 mm · Wind 14 km/h E
Mount Asama forecast for the summit, about 2,568 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,444 m.
- Today3°5°12.3 mm14 km/h EBase 10 / 11°
- Sun4°8°13.9 mm15 km/h WBase 11 / 15°
- Mon3°5°19.0 mm15 km/h EBase 9 / 12°
- Tue-1°8°0.1 mm18 km/h WBase 6 / 14°
- Wed-9°-1°–16 km/h WBase -2 / 6°
- Thu-3°1°–10 km/h EBase 4 / 7°
- Fri0°5°0.2 mm9 km/h EBase 6 / 12°
- Sat-3°5°0.8 mm10 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
- Sun-5°2°–8 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
- Mon-4°3°0.4 mm13 km/h WBase 3 / 10°
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 near Mount Asama
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Asama, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
火山館
Nearest parking
4.0 km NE
Nearest campsite
天狗温泉 浅間山荘キャンプ場
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| 火山館Hut | 2.5 km WSW |
| Parking | 4.0 km NE |
| Parking | 4.7 km W |
| Parking | 4.7 km W |
| 天狗温泉 浅間山荘キャンプ場Campsite | 4.9 km SW |
| Kitakaru space / 北軽スペースCampsite | 7.1 km NE |
| あさまの森オートキャンプ場Campsite | 7.9 km SW |
How steep is the route to Mount Asama?
The easiest mapped route, 6.1 km from 1,972 m to 2,568 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°4.5 km
- 15–30°1.5 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 5.2 km, measured from the Mount Asama summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mt. Maekake2,524 m 0.9 km WSW
- 2Mt. Kengamine2,281 m 2.3 km SW
- 3Mt. Gippa2,111 m 2.6 km WSW
- 4蛇骨岳2,366 m 2.9 km WNW
- 5Mount Kurofu2,404 m 3.1 km W
- 6石尊山1,668 m 3.2 km S
- 7小浅間山1,655 m 3.5 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 156 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Japanese Serow11
- Luminous Moss9
- European Peacock Butterfly7
- Schizocodon soldanelloides7
- Japanese maple5
- Autumn Darter5
Where Mount Asama sits
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture18Japan153Asia964
- Protected area
- Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park6
Nearby places
Mount Asama downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,565 m at the summit; the official height is 2,568 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,568 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,565 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,556 m | -12 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 2026-10-18)
- 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)