Sudek · 4,302 m · 5.8 km ESE

Shield volcano · Bungoma District

Mount Elgon

4,321 m14,177 ft

Easiest route: 7.3 km+665 m · about 3 h
Prominence: 2,458 m8,064 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: 0°CLight sleet · Wind 6 km/h SE

Mount Elgon is a 4,321 m (14,177 ft) shield volcano in Bungoma District, Kenya.

All facts

Elevation: 4,321 m · 14,177 ft
Region: Bungoma District, Kenya
Spanish name: Monte Elgon
Coordinates: 1.1182° N, 34.5271° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Elgon

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Masaba (hut)

Distance: 7.3 kmone way
Climb: +665 m−92 m (2,182 ft up)
Time up: about 3 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Mount Elgon elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 1

Mude Cave (hut)8.2 km · +858 m · about 3.5 h
Grade not mappedGPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Mount Elgon 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Elgon terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Masaba. 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Mount Elgon weather

Tonight · Light sleet · 0°C (32°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 6 km/h SE

Mount Elgon forecast for the summit, about 4,321 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,743 m.

Tonight0°0.4 mm6 km/h SEBase 4°
Today1°6°22.5 mm14 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
Sun0°5°19.3 mm10 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
Mon0°7°16.1 mm15 km/h WBase 4 / 11°
Tue0°6°24.5 mm5 km/h SWBase 3 / 9°
Wed1°5°14.8 mm4 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
Thu0°6°16.2 mm3 km/h WBase 3 / 10°
Fri1°7°10.5 mm3 km/h NWBase 4 / 10°
Sat-2°7°9.1 mm4 km/h NWBase 2 / 10°
Sun0°7°2.9 mm4 km/h WBase 3 / 11°

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 Mount Elgon

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

Nearest hut
Masaba
4.4 km WNW · +2 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
MasabaHut	4.4 km WNW
Mude CaveHut	6.9 km NW
Mude Cave CampHut	6.9 km NW

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Elgon?

The easiest mapped route, 7.3 km from 3,743 m to 4,321 m. Steepest stretch: 18°.

0 km · 3,743 m7.3 km · 4,321 m

0–15°7.0 km
15–30°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 89.9%Shrubland 6.4%Trees 3.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Mount Elgon sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Suguta Valley253 km ENE

Downloads

Mount Elgon downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Elgon satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Elgon GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,318 m at the summit; the official height is 4,321 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,321 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,318 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,311 m	-10 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 2026-01-15)
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: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Elgon

Easiest route: from Masaba (hut)

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Data sources