Mount Banahaw
- Mapped trail
- 4.9 km+1,552 m · about 4 h · T2Ends 100 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 1,919 m6,296 ft
- Isolation
- 103 km
- Tonight
- 11°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h W
Mount Banahaw is a 2,158 m (7,080 ft) mountain in Laguna, Philippines.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,158 m · 7,080 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Halcon (2,582 m)
- Region
- Laguna, Philippines
- Spanish name
- Banahaw
- Coordinates
- 14.0671° N, 121.4924° E
How to get to the top of Mount Banahaw
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Banahaw Jump-off (trailhead)
- Distance
- 4.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,552 m−40 m (5,092 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
The mapped trail ends 100 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Banahaw 3D map
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Mount Banahaw terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Banahaw Jump-off. 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 Banahaw weather
Today · Light rain · 11 / 17°C (52 / 63°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 15 km/h W
Mount Banahaw forecast for the summit, about 2,158 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 564 m.
- Today11°17°1.0 mm15 km/h WBase 21 / 26°
- Sun12°19°–10 km/h WBase 21 / 28°
- Mon12°18°3.2 mm12 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
- Tue12°16°3.4 mm8 km/h NEBase 21 / 27°
- Wed12°14°12.4 mm12 km/h NEBase 22 / 26°
- Thu12°17°1.0 mm11 km/h NEBase 20 / 28°
- Fri12°17°3.1 mm10 km/h EBase 20 / 27°
- Sat11°17°1.5 mm9 km/h NEBase 20 / 28°
- Sun12°16°4.6 mm9 km/h NEBase 20 / 27°
- Mon12°16°3.3 mm10 km/h NEBase 22 / 27°
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 near Mount Banahaw
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Banahaw, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Camp 2
Nearest trailhead
Majayjay-Taytay Falls
Nearest parking
Montelibano's House Parking
Nearest hut
Montelibano's House
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Camp 2Campsite | 1.9 km E |
| Tres Pico Waterfall CampsiteCampsite | 4.2 km W |
| Taytay Falls CampsiteCampsite | 5.1 km NNE |
| Majayjay-Taytay FallsTrailhead | 5.4 km NNE |
| Banahaw Jump-offTrailhead | 5.6 km WSW |
| Montelibano's House ParkingParking | 6.0 km WSW |
| Montelibano's HouseHut | 6.0 km WSW |
| Cristobal Jump-offTrailhead | 6.5 km WSW |
| Cristobal ParkingParking | 6.5 km WSW |
| Parking | 6.7 km NE |
How steep is the route to Mount Banahaw?
The easiest mapped route, 4.9 km from 564 m to 2,074 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°2.1 km
- 15–30°2.7 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 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.
Where Mount Banahaw sits
- Region
- Laguna7Philippines64Asia964
Nearby places
San CristobalPeak · 1,470 m↑7.1 km W
Mount MayaboboPeak · 300 m↑11 km SSW
Lake Calibato189 m↑13 km WNW
Lake Bunot124 m↑16 km W
Lake Sampaloc↑18 km W
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Mount Banahaw downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
12 m high This 3D map reads 2,170 m at the summit; the official height is 2,158 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,158 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,170 m | +12 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,157 m | -1 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.
- 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)
- 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