Mount Ontake
- Prominence
- 1,696 m5,565 ft
- Isolation
- 46 km
- Tonight
- 1°CRain · Wind 13 km/h W
Mount Ontake is a 3,067 m (10,062 ft) volcano in the Ontake Mountains, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,067 m · 10,062 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Hotaka Mountains (3,190 m)
- Range
- Ontake Mountains
- Region
- Gifu Prefecture, Japan
- Protected area
- Ontake Prefectural Natural Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Ontake
- Coordinates
- 35.8929° N, 137.4807° E
Mount Ontake 3D map
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Mount Ontake topographic map
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.
West → east through the summit
Mount Ontake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Mount Ontake
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.0 km SE of Mount Ontake
- Distance
- 3.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +869 m−7 m (2,851 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Ontake weather
Today · Heavy rain · 1 / 4°C (34 / 39°F) · 17.4 mm · Wind 13 km/h W
Mount Ontake forecast for the summit, about 3,067 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,788 m.
- Today1°4°17.4 mm13 km/h WBase 9 / 12°
- Sun2°5°21.1 mm9 km/h SWBase 9 / 13°
- Mon1°3°26.8 mm10 km/h SEBase 9 / 11°
- Tue-6°4°1.1 mm13 km/h NWBase 1 / 12°
- Wed-13°-5°–14 km/h NBase -5 / 3°
- Thu-4°0°0.1 mm10 km/h SBase 3 / 7°
- Fri-4°4°0.4 mm8 km/h SWBase 3 / 11°
- Sat-8°0°4.3 mm11 km/h WBase 0 / 8°
- Sun-8°-1°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
- Mon-7°-1°0.7 mm11 km/h WBase 1 / 6°
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 Ontake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Ontake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
0.0 km ESE
Nearest parking
濁河温泉;市営露天風呂（Ｐ無）
Nearest campsite
おんたけロープウェイ キャンプエリア
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Hut | 0.0 km ESE |
| 王滝頂上山荘Hut | 0.5 km SSE |
| 二の池新館Hut | 0.6 km NNE |
| 濁河温泉;市営露天風呂（Ｐ無）Parking | 4.5 km NW |
| おんたけロープウェイ キャンプエリアCampsite | 5.2 km E |
| A-1Parking | 5.4 km SE |
| CAMP ONTAKECampsite | 5.5 km SE |
| 胡桃島キャンプ場Campsite | 5.5 km NNW |
| A-3Parking | 5.5 km SE |
How steep is the route to Mount Ontake?
The easiest mapped route, 3.3 km from 2,192 m to 3,067 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°1.6 km
- 15–30°1.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 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 5.4 km, measured from the Mount Ontake summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mt. Marishiten2,959 m 1.4 km NNW
- 2Mt. Mamahaha2,867 m 1.4 km W
- 3Mt. Mamako2,859 m 2.7 km N
- 4三笠山2,256 m 3.3 km SE
- 5Mt. Miura2,394 m 3.5 km WSW
- 6小三笠山2,029 m 3.9 km SSE
- 7上俵山2,077 m 4.1 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.4 km; 91 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Pearly everlasting4
- Japanese Accentor3
- Lingonberry3
- Schizocodon soldanelloides3
- Canadian bunchberry2
- Dwarf Siberian pine2
Where Mount Ontake sits
- Region
- Gifu Prefecture5Japan153Asia964
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,058 m at the summit; the official height is 3,067 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,067 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,058 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,041 m | -26 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 2026-07-23)
- 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