Mountain · Higashiyama · Shiga Prefecture

Mount Hiei

848 m2,782 ft

Easiest route: 1.4 km+199 m · about 0.5 h
Prominence: 450 m1,477 ft
Isolation: 11 km
Tonight: 14°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h E

Mount Hiei is an 848 m (2,782 ft) mountain in the Higashiyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 848 m · 2,782 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Sajikigatake (896 m)
Range: Higashiyama
Region: Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Biwako Quasi-National Park
Spanish name: Monte Hiei
Coordinates: 35.0657° N, 135.8357° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Hiei

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From 第二駐車場 (parking)

Distance: 1.4 kmone way
Climb: +199 m−51 m (653 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Mount Hiei elevation profile

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

3D map

Mount Hiei 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Hiei terrain and contours

50 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.

Index contours every 250 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 Hiei weather

Today · Rain · 14 / 16°C (57 / 61°F) · 2.8 mm · Wind 22 km/h E

Mount Hiei forecast for the summit, about 848 m.

Today14°16°2.8 mm22 km/h E
Sun15°17°23.8 mm9 km/h NE
Mon14°16°62.9 mm24 km/h E
Tue9°16°0.5 mm19 km/h NW
Wed3°9°0.1 mm18 km/h N
Thu9°12°–3 km/h NE
Fri10°17°–8 km/h S
Sat7°15°0.8 mm10 km/h NW
Sun6°12°0.8 mm13 km/h NW
Mon8°12°0.6 mm14 km/h N

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 Hiei

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

Nearest parking
山頂四明が嶽パーキング
0.3 km W · +2 more within 0.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
静原キャンプ場
6.8 km NNW · +1 more within 7.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
山頂四明が嶽パーキングParking	0.3 km W
第二駐車場Parking	0.4 km NE
Parking	0.4 km NNE
静原キャンプ場Campsite	6.8 km NNW
Campsite	7.7 km ESE

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Hiei?

The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 698 m to 848 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.

0 km · 698 m1.4 km · 848 m

0–15°0.9 km
15–30°0.3 km
30–45°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 90.9%Built-up 7.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Hiei summit.

Summit list 6

1壺笠山421 m 1.8 km SE
2八王子山381 m 2.3 km ENE
3てん子山442 m 2.5 km SW
4三石岳676 m 2.5 km NE
5修学院山340 m 2.6 km WSW
6Yokotaka-yama767 m 2.8 km N

Where it sits

Where Mount Hiei sits

Ranked in 1

#4 Treks and hikes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount IkomaPeak · 642 m45 km SSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Hiei satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-10-01.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Hiei 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 852 m at the summit; the official height is 848 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	848 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	852 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	847 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-10-01)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison: 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 Hiei

From 第二駐車場 (parking)

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources