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Mount Kerinci
- Easiest route
- 6.8 km+2,018 m · about 5 h · T3
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 3°CLight rain · Wind 9 km/h SW
Mount Kerinci is a 3,805 m (12,484 ft) stratovolcano in the Barisan Mountains, Jambi, Indonesia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,805 m · 12,484 ft
- Prominence
- 3,805 m · 12,484 ft
- Range
- Barisan Mountains
- Region
- Jambi, Indonesia
- Spanish name
- Kerinci
- Coordinates
- 1.6976° S, 101.2646° E
How to get to the top of Mount Kerinci
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 6.0 km S of Mount Kerinci
- Distance
- 6.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +2,018 m−16 m (6,621 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Kerinci 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 19.2 × 19.2 km
Mount Kerinci terrain and contours
200 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 Kerinci weather
Today · Heavy rain · 3 / 8°C (37 / 46°F) · 14.4 mm · Wind 9 km/h SW
Mount Kerinci forecast for the summit, about 3,805 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,752 m.
- Today3°8°14.4 mm9 km/h SWBase 16 / 21°
- Sun2°9°7.2 mm10 km/h SWBase 15 / 21°
- Mon2°7°6.5 mm10 km/h WBase 15 / 21°
- Tue3°8°11.2 mm3 km/h NBase 15 / 22°
- Wed3°7°12.1 mm4 km/h NEBase 16 / 19°
- Thu4°8°43.8 mm3 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
- Fri3°8°8.3 mm1 km/h SWBase 15 / 22°
- Sat0°10°3.4 mm7 km/h EBase 13 / 23°
- Sun0°10°2.3 mm9 km/h EBase 12 / 23°
- Mon3°7°7.9 mm6 km/h NEBase 15 / 21°
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 Kerinci
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Kerinci, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Kerinci shelter 3 (3300m)
All mapped places 2
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Kerinci shelter 3 (3300m)Campsite | 0.9 km SSE |
| Shelter 2 Campsite (3,100 m)Campsite | 1.4 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mount Kerinci?
The easiest mapped route, 6.8 km from 1,752 m to 3,805 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°2.9 km
- 15–30°3.7 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 90 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 9.6 km, measured from the Mount Kerinci summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Gunung Magager2,400 m 4.2 km SW
- 2Gunung Terembun2,576 m 6.3 km WSW
- 3Gunung Hulu Sungai Kapur2,241 m 8.5 km WNW
- 4Gunung Malenggok2,330 m 9.0 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.6 km; 345 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher44
- Shiny Whistling-Thrush35
- Sumatran Surili34
- Siamang24
- Sumatran Trogon21
- Niobe Ground Squirrel20
Where Mount Kerinci sits
- Range
- Barisan Mountains8
Nearby places
Mount TalangPeak · 2,597 m↑103 km NW
Bukit SeguntangPeak · 30 m↑143 km ENE
SinggalangPeak · 2,877 m↑178 km NW
More in the Barisan Mountains 5
Mount Kerinci downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
30 m low This 3D map reads 3,775 m at the summit; the official height is 3,805 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 46 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,805 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,775 m | -30 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,759 m | -46 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 2025-05-27)
- 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