Mountain · Thessaly

Mount Ossa

1,978 m6,490 ft

Easiest route: 1.0 km+160 m · about 0.5 h
Prominence: 1,964 m6,443 ft
Isolation: 34 km
Tonight: 3°CClear · Wind 11 km/h NE

Mount Ossa is a 1,978 m (6,490 ft) mountain in Thessaly, Greece.

All facts

Elevation: 1,978 m · 6,490 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mytikas (2,918 m)
Region: Thessaly, Greece
Spanish name: Monte Osa
Coordinates: 39.7957° N, 22.6854° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Ossa

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 ENE of Mount Ossa

Distance: 1.0 kmone way
Climb: +160 m(525 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Mount Ossa elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)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 Ossa 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.4 × 11.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Ossa 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 Ossa weather

Tonight · Clear · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 11 km/h NE

Mount Ossa forecast for the summit, about 1,978 m.

Tonight3°–11 km/h NE
Today3°9°0.4 mm17 km/h SE
Sun3°7°11.4 mm16 km/h E
Mon3°7°0.6 mm15 km/h N
Tue0°5°–6 km/h NE
Wed-2°2°0.7 mm8 km/h N
Thu-1°5°–4 km/h NW
Fri1°5°0.3 mm2 km/h NE
Sat0°5°2.8 mm2 km/h NW
Sun0°4°2.1 mm3 km/h N

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

Camping & parking near Mount Ossa

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

Nearest hut
Καταφύγιο Κισσάβου
1.5 km N · +2 more within 7.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
3.3 km W
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Καταφύγιο ΚισσάβουHut	1.5 km N
Parking	3.3 km W
Πράσινη ΠαράγκαHut	5.7 km ENE
Δασικό φυλάκιο - ΠανόραμαHut	7.4 km ENE

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Ossa?

The easiest mapped route, 1.0 km from 1,810 m to 1,978 m. Steepest stretch: 19°.

0 km · 1,810 m1.0 km · 1,978 m

0–15°0.9 km
15–30°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.

Trees 73.1%Grassland 21.1%Shrubland 3.7%Built-up 2.0%

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 5.7 km; 144 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Greek frog5
King's-spear5
Narrow-Leaved Milk-Vetch5
Yellow-bellied Toad5
Purple rock cress4
Horse-chestnut4

Where it sits

Where Mount Ossa sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SmolikasPeak · 2,637 m154 km WNW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Ossa satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-11.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Ossa 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 1,973 m at the summit; the official height is 1,978 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,978 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,973 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,964 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 2026 (scene 2026-09-11)
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 Ossa

From Road end, 0.9 km ENE of Mount Ossa

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources