Mount Gede
- Easiest route
- 5.5 km+1,198 m · about 3.5 h
- Prominence
- 408 m1,339 ft
- Isolation
- 2.9 km
- Tonight
- 7°CLight rain · Wind 13 km/h S
Mount Gede is a 2,958 m (9,705 ft) stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,958 m · 9,705 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Pangrango (3,019 m)
- Region
- West Java, Indonesia
- Spanish name
- Monte Gede
- Coordinates
- 6.7899° S, 106.9838° E
How to get to the top of Mount Gede
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.5 km NE of Mount Gede
- Distance
- 5.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,198 m−16 m (3,930 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 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 Gede 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Mount Gede 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 Gede weather
Today · Rain · 7 / 14°C (45 / 57°F) · 6.7 mm · Wind 13 km/h S
Mount Gede forecast for the summit, about 2,958 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,764 m.
- Today7°14°6.7 mm13 km/h SBase 14 / 21°
- Sun7°15°14.1 mm13 km/h SWBase 14 / 22°
- Mon7°14°13.4 mm14 km/h SWBase 14 / 21°
- Tue7°11°22.1 mm2 km/h NEBase 14 / 19°
- Wed7°11°25.8 mm5 km/h EBase 15 / 18°
- Thu8°12°4.7 mm4 km/h EBase 15 / 19°
- Fri8°11°8.4 mm7 km/h SEBase 15 / 18°
- Sat8°15°2.6 mm4 km/h EBase 15 / 22°
- Sun8°13°5.3 mm5 km/h EBase 15 / 20°
- Mon9°11°13.4 mm5 km/h EBase 16 / 18°
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 Gede
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Gede, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Kandang Badak
Nearest parking
titik drop mobil
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Kandang BadakCampsite | 1.7 km NW |
| PuncaweuleuhCampsite | 2.0 km NNW |
| Pondok PemandanganCampsite | 2.5 km N |
| titik drop mobilParking | 6.4 km NNE |
| Parking | 6.4 km NNE |
| Parking | 6.7 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Mount Gede?
The easiest mapped route, 5.5 km from 1,764 m to 2,958 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°2.9 km
- 15–30°2.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 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 3 km; 139 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher13
- Spinach orchid11
- Javan Whistling-Thrush10
- White-flanked Sunbird8
- Three-striped Ground Squirrel8
- Sunda Warbler8
Where Mount Gede sits
Nearby places
Mount Gede downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,956 m at the summit; the official height is 2,958 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,958 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,956 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,948 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 2026-06-19)
- 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