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Mountain · Kasagi Mountains · Nara Prefecture

Mount Wakakusa

342 m1,122 ft

Prominence: 13 m43 ft
Isolation: 0.3 km
Tonight: 19°CCloudy · Wind 20 km/h E

Mount Wakakusa is a 342 m (1,122 ft) mountain in the Kasagi Mountains, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 342 m · 1,122 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Ikoma (642 m)
Range: Kasagi Mountains
Region: Nara Prefecture, Japan
Spanish name: Monte Wakakusa
Coordinates: 34.6904° N, 135.8546° E

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Wakakusa

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

Nearest parking
0.2 km ENE
+2 more within 1.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
奈良市黒髪山キャンプフィールド
3.9 km WNW · +2 more within 6.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.2 km ENE
Parking	1.0 km SW
Parking	1.1 km SW
奈良市黒髪山キャンプフィールドCampsite	3.9 km WNW
平城野外活動研修センターCampsite	5.2 km WNW
柳生キャンプ場Campsite	6.7 km E

3D map

Mount Wakakusa 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Wakakusa terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Wakakusa elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Wakakusa weather

Today · Cloudy · 19 / 22°C (66 / 72°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 20 km/h E

Mount Wakakusa forecast for the summit, about 342 m.

Today19°22°0.2 mm20 km/h E
Sun18°24°7.1 mm15 km/h SW
Mon17°22°58.1 mm28 km/h E
Tue13°19°0.5 mm20 km/h NW
Wed6°14°0.1 mm17 km/h NW
Thu12°17°–4 km/h E
Fri13°20°0.3 mm9 km/h W
Sat11°20°0.7 mm17 km/h W
Sun11°16°0.9 mm10 km/h NW
Mon10°14°1.9 mm8 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 66% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

66.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.8%

Steep, 30–45°

1.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 473 m low point 62 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 67.7%Built-up 24.5%Grassland 4.0%Cropland 2.8%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

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 Wakakusa summit.

Summit list 5

1Mount Kasuga297 m 1.0 km S
2花山498 m 1.4 km SE
3Mt. Hoyama518 m 2.4 km ESE
4Mt. Hoyama Nampo520 m 2.6 km ESE
5Mt. Takamado461 m 2.9 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 679 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sika Deer2,093
White Wagtail113
Japanese Skink109
Large-billed Crow94
Pond Slider87
Rock Pigeon74

Where it sits

Where Mount Wakakusa sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMount Wakakusa satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-10-01.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 338 m at the summit; the official height is 342 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	342 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	338 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	335 m	-7 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 2026-10-01)
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: Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Wakakusa

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

West → east through the summit

Data sources