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Mount Vesuvius
- Prominence
- 1,231 m4,038 ft
- Isolation
- 20 km
- Tonight
- 10°CCloudy · Wind 24 km/h SW
Mount Vesuvius is a 1,281 m (4,203 ft) stratovolcano in the Somma-Vesuvius complex, Campania, Italy.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,281 m · 4,203 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Montevergine (1,493 m)
- Range
- Somma-Vesuvius complex
- Region
- Campania, Italy
- Protected area
- Vesuvius National Park
- Spanish name
- Vesubio
- Coordinates
- 40.8221° N, 14.4293° E
Mount Vesuvius 3D map
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Mount Vesuvius topographic map
50 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 Vesuvius downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Mount Vesuvius
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.7 km NNW of Mount Vesuvius
- Distance
- 1.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +283 m(928 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 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 Vesuvius weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 10°C (50°F) · 2.4 mm · Wind 24 km/h SW
Mount Vesuvius forecast for the summit, about 1,281 m.
- Tonight10°2.4 mm24 km/h SW
- Today4°13°1.9 mm31 km/h W
- Sun4°11°–14 km/h NE
- Mon5°13°–14 km/h NE
- Tue3°13°–7 km/h NE
- Wed4°13°–9 km/h NE
- Thu4°12°–9 km/h NW
- Fri5°11°–6 km/h E
- Sat4°11°0.1 mm6 km/h E
- Sun3°11°–6 km/h E
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 near Mount Vesuvius
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Vesuvius, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km N
Nearest campsite
Branditos
Nearest caravan site
Parcheggio Torre Amarea H24
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.8 km N |
| Parking | 0.9 km N |
| Parking | 1.0 km NNW |
| BranditosCampsite | 4.2 km SSW |
| Eco Camping VesuvioCampsite | 4.4 km E |
| Agricamping Stone VesuvioCampsite | 5.8 km WSW |
| Parcheggio Torre Amarea H24Caravan site | 6.8 km SW |
| Parcheggio camper ErcolanoCaravan site | 7.1 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Mount Vesuvius?
The easiest mapped route, 1.7 km from 1,001 m to 1,281 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°1.5 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 4.5 km, measured from the Mount Vesuvius summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Cupola 1937838 m 1.4 km ESE
- 2Cognoli di Levante942 m 1.5 km ENE
- 3Cognoli di Ottaviano1,112 m 1.6 km NNE
- 4Colle Umberto886 m 1.7 km WNW
- 5Punta del Nasone1,131 m 1.7 km N
- 6Cognoli di Sant'Anastasia1,086 m 1.8 km NNW
- 7Cognoli di Trocchia961 m 2.0 km NW
- 8Cognoli di Giacca710 m 2.6 km WNW
- 9Bocche del 1760323 m 3.5 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 531 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Italian Wall Lizard337
- Red Valerian213
- Yellow Horned Poppy89
- Variegated Foam Lichen80
- Spanish Broom69
- Purple Toadflax55
Where Mount Vesuvius sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,286 m at the summit; the official height is 1,281 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,281 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,286 m | +5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,278 m | -3 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 2026-07-20)
- 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