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Mount Nikkō-Shirane · 2,578 m · 11 km WNW

Volcano · 日光表連山 · Tochigi Prefecture

Mount Nantai

2,484 m8,150 ft

Easiest route: 5.0 km+788 m · about 2.5 h · T2
Prominence: 755 m2,477 ft
Isolation: 11 km
Tonight: 4°CLight rain · Wind 15 km/h S

Mount Nantai is a 2,484 m (8,150 ft) volcano in the 日光表連山, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 2,484 m · 8,150 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Nikkō-Shirane (2,578 m)
Range: 日光表連山
Region: Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Nikkō National Park
Spanish name: Monte Nantai
Coordinates: 36.7646° N, 139.4901° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Nantai

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 3.4 km NE of Mount Nantai

Distance: 5.0 kmone way
Climb: +788 m−10 m (2,585 ft up)
Time up: about 2.5 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Mount Nantai elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Parking, 2.6 km S of Mount Nantai4.3 km · +1,223 m · about 3 h
T2GPX KML
Road end, 5.6 km NNE of Mount Nantai6.7 km · +1,218 m · about 3.5 h
T2GPX KML

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

3D map

Mount Nantai 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Nantai 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.

Index contours every 500 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 Nantai weather

Today · Heavy rain · 4 / 5°C (39 / 41°F) · 6.6 mm · Wind 15 km/h S

Mount Nantai forecast for the summit, about 2,484 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,288 m.

Today4°5°6.6 mm15 km/h SBase 11 / 12°
Sun5°11°11.7 mm13 km/h SWBase 11 / 17°
Mon3°5°21.0 mm11 km/h SBase 10 / 11°
Tue-2°8°3.4 mm18 km/h NWBase 6 / 15°
Wed-8°-3°0.3 mm19 km/h NWBase 0 / 6°
Thu-1°1°0.6 mm12 km/h SBase 6 / 7°
Fri1°5°0.1 mm8 km/h SBase 8 / 11°
Sat-3°7°0.4 mm7 km/h NWBase 4 / 14°
Sun-5°0°–9 km/h WBase 3 / 9°
Mon-5°3°0.1 mm11 km/h NWBase 3 / 11°

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

Camping & parking near Mount Nantai

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

Nearest hut
0.8 km S
+2 more within 1.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
県営湖畔第一駐車場
2.6 km S · +2 more within 2.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
菖蒲ヶ浜キャンプ場
3.8 km WSW · +2 more within 7.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
太郎山ハガタテ登山口
4.9 km NW · +1 more within 6.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Hut	0.8 km S
Hut	1.0 km S
Hut	1.4 km S
Parking	2.6 km S
Parking	2.6 km S
県営湖畔第一駐車場Parking	2.6 km S
菖蒲ヶ浜キャンプ場Campsite	3.8 km WSW
Campsite	4.6 km S
太郎山ハガタテ登山口Trailhead	4.9 km NW
太郎山登山口Trailhead	6.5 km NNW
湯元キャンプ場Campsite	7.7 km NW

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Nantai?

The easiest mapped route, 5.0 km from 1,693 m to 2,484 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.

0 km · 1,693 m5.0 km · 2,484 m

0–15°3.6 km
15–30°1.4 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 82.9%Water 10.1%Grassland 5.9%Built-up 0.8%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 173 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Japanese Macaque21
White Wagtail10
Autumn Darter7
Great Cormorant5
Asian House Martin5
Willow Tit5

Where it sits

Where Mount Nantai sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Nantai satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-19.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Nantai 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 2,479 m at the summit; the official height is 2,484 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,484 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,479 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,470 m	-14 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 2025-08-19)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Mount Nantai

Easiest route: from Road end, 3.4 km NE of Mount Nantai

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest trailhead

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