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Musala
- Prominence
- 2,473 m8,114 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -7°CFog · Wind 4 km/h SW
Musala is a 2,925 m (9,598 ft) mountain in the Rila, Sofia Oblast, Bulgaria.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,925 m · 9,598 ft
- Range
- Rila
- Region
- Sofia Oblast, Bulgaria
- Coordinates
- 42.1790° N, 23.5854° E
Musala 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.8 × 13.8 km
Musala 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
Musala downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Musala
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.1 km N of Musala
- Distance
- 3.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +537 m−12 m (1,762 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Musala weather
Tonight · Fog · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 4 km/h SW
Musala forecast for the summit, about 2,925 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,395 m.
- Tonight-7°–4 km/h SWBase -4°
- Today-4°4°–8 km/h NBase 0 / 8°
- Sun-4°4°0.6 mm9 km/h NEBase -1 / 7°
- Mon-7°2°7.5 mm8 km/h NBase -4 / 5°
- Tue-10°-4°0.3 mm9 km/h NBase -7 / -1°
- Wed-9°-7°2.1 mm8 km/h NBase -6 / -4°
- Thu-5°-4°2.4 mm7 km/h NBase -2 / -1°
- Fri-5°-3°1.3 mm4 km/h NBase -2 / 0°
- Sat-6°-5°4.6 mm4 km/h NBase -3 / -1°
- Sun-10°-6°9.9 mm5 km/h NBase -7 / -2°
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 Musala
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Musala, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
заслон Леденото езеро
Nearest campsite
3.3 km SSE
Nearest parking
7.5 km NNW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| заслон Леденото езероHut | 0.6 km NNE |
| хотел МусалаHut | 2.1 km N |
| Хижа МусалаHut | 2.1 km N |
| Campsite | 3.3 km SSE |
| Campsite | 6.4 km S |
| Parking | 7.5 km NNW |
How steep is the route to Musala?
The easiest mapped route, 3.1 km from 2,395 m to 2,925 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°2.4 km
- 15–30°0.6 km
- 30–45°0.1 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 6.9 km, measured from the Musala summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Malka Musala2,902 m 0.5 km ENE
- 2Людмил Янков2,793 m 0.7 km NNW
- 3Irechek2,852 m 0.8 km NE
- 4Малък Близнак2,777 m 1.4 km S
- 5Голям Близнак2,779 m 2.0 km S
- 6Deno2,790 m 2.5 km NE
- 7Манчо2,777 m 2.5 km SE
- 8Маришки Чал2,776 m 2.8 km SSE
- 9Овчарец2,775 m 4.1 km SSE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.9 km; 258 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Scarlet Avens14
- Dianthus microlepis13
- Northern Chamois12
- Fireweed12
- Black Ringlet11
- Nicholl's Ringlet11
Where Musala sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,921 m at the summit; the official height is 2,925 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,925 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,921 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,916 m | -9 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 2026-08-02)
- 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