Mount Lycabettus
- Easiest route
- 0.5 km+76 m · about 0.5 h
- Prominence
- 134 m438 ft
- Isolation
- 2.3 km
- Tonight
- 13°CClear · Wind 7 km/h NE
Mount Lycabettus is a 277 m (909 ft) mountain in Attica Region, Greece.
All facts
- Elevation
- 277 m · 909 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Poikilo (465 m)
- Region
- Attica Region, Greece
- Spanish name
- Monte Licabeto
- Coordinates
- 37.9818° N, 23.7435° E
How to get to the top of Mount Lycabettus
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Parking, 0.2 km NE of Mount Lycabettus
- Distance
- 0.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +76 m−28 m (249 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Lycabettus 3D map
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Mount Lycabettus terrain and contours
10 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 Lycabettus weather
Tonight · Clear · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 7 km/h NE
Mount Lycabettus forecast for the summit, about 277 m.
- Tonight13°–7 km/h NE
- Today13°22°–10 km/h SW
- Sun13°18°12.5 mm15 km/h SE
- Mon13°20°9.6 mm18 km/h SE
- Tue12°17°0.2 mm8 km/h NW
- Wed8°12°9.1 mm9 km/h NW
- Thu9°16°–9 km/h NW
- Fri9°17°0.2 mm6 km/h SW
- Sat10°16°0.4 mm5 km/h SW
- Sun10°17°0.2 mm9 km/h SW
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 Lycabettus
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Lycabettus, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km WNW
Nearest trailhead
Μονοπάτι "18"
Nearest hut
ΕΟΣ Ηλιούπολης
Nearest campsite
Camping Athina
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km WNW |
| Parking | 0.3 km SW |
| Parking | 0.3 km SSW |
| Μονοπάτι "18"Trailhead | 5.3 km SE |
| Μονοπάτι "19"Trailhead | 5.5 km SSE |
| ΕΟΣ ΗλιούποληςHut | 5.8 km SSE |
| Camping AthinaCampsite | 6.9 km WNW |
| Μονοπάτι "20"Trailhead | 7.0 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mount Lycabettus?
The easiest mapped route, 0.5 km from 222 m to 277 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°0.4 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 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 3 km, measured from the Mount Lycabettus summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Λόφος Στρέφη159 m 0.8 km NNW
- 2Αρδηττός133 m 1.6 km SSW
- 3Areopagus102 m 2.1 km WSW
- 4Λόφος Νυμφών85 m 2.4 km WSW
- 5Philopappos Hill147 m 2.5 km SW
- 6Λόφος Πνύκας94 m 2.5 km WSW
- 7Τουρκοβούνια321 m 2.6 km NNE
Where Mount Lycabettus sits
Nearby places
Mount Lycabettus downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 274 m at the summit; the official height is 277 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 277 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 274 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 257 m | -20 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 2026-08-22)
- 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)
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia