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Mount Bogong
- Easiest route
- 2.7 km+506 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,234 m4,049 ft
- Isolation
- 88 km
- Tonight
- 6°CRain showers · Wind 17 km/h NE
Mount Bogong is a 1,986 m (6,516 ft) mountain in the Australian Alps, Victoria, Australia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,986 m · 6,516 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Rams Head (2,190 m)
- Range
- Australian Alps
- Region
- Victoria, Australia
- Protected area
- Alpine National Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Bogong
- Coordinates
- 36.7326° S, 147.3060° E
How to get to the top of Mount Bogong
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Granite Flat Carpark (parking)
- Distance
- 2.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +506 m−5 m (1,660 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Bogong 3D map
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Mount Bogong terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Granite Flat Carpark. 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 Bogong weather
Today · Rain showers at night · 6 / 16°C (43 / 61°F) · 6.2 mm · Wind 17 km/h NE
Mount Bogong forecast for the summit, about 1,986 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,479 m.
- Today6°16°6.2 mm17 km/h NEBase 9 / 19°
- Sun-2°11°89.3 mm19 km/h NWBase 1 / 14°
- Mon-3°7°0.9 mm16 km/h WBase 0 / 10°
- Tue-5°5°0.2 mm15 km/h WBase -2 / 8°
- Wed-1°6°–9 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
- Thu4°12°0.2 mm10 km/h NWBase 7 / 15°
- Fri4°9°11.9 mm9 km/h NBase 7 / 12°
- Sat0°9°4.0 mm10 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
- Sun-4°8°–14 km/h SEBase -1 / 11°
- Mon4°10°–10 km/h NWBase 7 / 13°
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 Bogong
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Bogong, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Michell Hut
Nearest parking
Granite Flat Carpark
Nearest campsite
3.3 km SE
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Michell HutHut | 1.6 km NNE |
| Michell HutHut | 1.6 km NNE |
| Granite Flat CarparkParking | 2.3 km NE |
| Bivouac HutHut | 2.3 km NNW |
| Campsite | 3.3 km SE |
| Camp Creek Gap CarparkParking | 3.5 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.0 km NE |
| Bogong Creek Saddle HelipadCampsite | 4.9 km SSW |
| Campsite | 5.8 km SW |
How steep is the route to Mount Bogong?
The easiest mapped route, 2.7 km from 1,479 m to 1,986 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°2.1 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 198 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain celery32
- Spotted Mountain-grasshopper18
- Royal grevillea18
- Highlands Copperhead17
- Alpine shaggy-pea15
- Snow Gum13
Where Mount Bogong sits
- Range
- Great Dividing Range31Australian Alps14
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount FeathertopPeak · 1,922 m↑23 km SW
Mount HothamPeak · 1,861 m↑31 km SSW
The HornPeak · 1,723 m↑48 km W
Mount HowittPeak · 1,742 m↑77 km SW
Lake Cootapatamba2,046 m↑91 km ENE
More in the Australian Alps 6
Mount Bogong downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,984 m at the summit; the official height is 1,986 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,986 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,984 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,982 m | -4 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 2026-02-05)
- 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)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia