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Mount Iwaki
- Easiest route
- 1.2 km+361 m · about 1 h · T1
- Prominence
- 1,350 m4,429 ft
- Isolation
- 49 km
- Tonight
- 4°CRain · Wind 12 km/h SE
Mount Iwaki is a 1,625 m (5,330 ft) stratovolcano in the Ou Mountains, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,625 m · 5,330 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Iwate (2,038 m)
- Range
- Ou Mountains
- Region
- Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Protected area
- Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Iwaki
- Coordinates
- 40.6560° N, 140.3032° E
How to get to the top of Mount Iwaki
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.9 km WSW of Mount Iwaki
- Distance
- 1.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +361 m−6 m (1,184 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Iwaki 3D map
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Mount Iwaki 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.
West → east through the summit
Mount Iwaki weather
Today · Rain at night · 4 / 9°C (39 / 48°F) · 7.6 mm · Wind 12 km/h SE
Mount Iwaki forecast for the summit, about 1,625 m.
- Today4°9°7.6 mm12 km/h SE
- Sun0°7°0.6 mm24 km/h NW
- Mon-3°4°–17 km/h N
- Tue-4°5°7.8 mm28 km/h W
- Wed-4°-3°3.2 mm30 km/h W
- Thu-3°2°0.5 mm8 km/h W
- Fri3°9°7.6 mm9 km/h S
- Sat-3°6°12.5 mm25 km/h W
- Sun-1°-1°6.2 mm28 km/h W
- Mon-6°-4°10.1 mm13 km/h W
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 near Mount Iwaki
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Iwaki, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.9 km W
Nearest campsite
岩木山桜林公園
Nearest trailhead
4.6 km E
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km W |
| Parking | 0.9 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.9 km SE |
| 岩木山桜林公園Campsite | 4.2 km SE |
| 弥生いこいの広場オートキャンプ場Campsite | 4.5 km E |
| 岩木青少年スポーツセンターCampsite | 4.6 km SW |
| Trailhead | 4.6 km E |
| Trailhead | 5.4 km E |
How steep is the route to Mount Iwaki?
The easiest mapped route, 1.2 km from 1,257 m to 1,625 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.
- 0–15°0.5 km
- 15–30°0.6 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.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.7 km, measured from the Mount Iwaki summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Mt. Saihojimori1,288 m 0.9 km NW
- 2Mt. Onkonomori1,139 m 1.5 km WNW
- 3Mt. Ohginokinme891 m 2.4 km N
- 4Mt. Kuromori887 m 3.2 km W
- 5小森山324 m 4.4 km SSE
- 6笹森山673 m 4.4 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.7 km; 52 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Giant Butterbur4
- Keyflower2
- Asian fawnlily2
- Convulsion Root2
- Brown-banded hairstreak2
- Erman's Birch2
Where Mount Iwaki sits
- Range
- Ou Mountains7
- Region
- Aomori Prefecture3Japan153Asia964
Nearby places
Lake Towada400 m↑52 km ESE
HachimantaiPeak · 1,613 m↑91 km SSE
Lake Usori↑99 km NE
Mount IwatePeak · 2,038 m↑107 km SSE
Lake Tazawa249 m↑108 km SSE
More in the Ou Mountains 4
Mount Iwaki downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,621 m at the summit; the official height is 1,625 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,625 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,621 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,608 m | -17 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-24)
- 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
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia