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Mount Longonot · 2,776 m · 20 km E
Mountain · Nakuru County

Olkaria

2,434 m7,986 ft
Prominence
373 m1,223 ft
Isolation
6.8 km
Tonight
13°CFair · Wind 8 km/h N

Olkaria is a 2,434 m (7,986 ft) mountain in Nakuru County, Kenya.

All facts
Elevation
2,434 m · 7,986 ft
Nearest higher peak
Mount Longonot (2,776 m)
Region
Nakuru County, Kenya
Coordinates
0.8862° S, 36.2696° E
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3D map

Olkaria 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Olkaria 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

Olkaria elevation profile

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

Olkaria weather

Tonight · Fair · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 8 km/h N

Olkaria forecast for the summit, about 2,434 m.

  • Tonight13°–8 km/h N
  • Today13°26°0.2 mm25 km/h SE
  • Sun13°26°–29 km/h E
  • Mon13°25°6.0 mm22 km/h S
  • Tue12°21°5.6 mm18 km/h S
  • Wed13°17°3.8 mm8 km/h SW
  • Thu12°21°3.1 mm10 km/h S
  • Fri12°18°4.4 mm13 km/h N
  • Sat12°18°13.8 mm11 km/h N
  • Sun12°20°5.8 mm7 km/h SE

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 Olkaria

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking4.0 km NE
Parking5.8 km E
Endachata Special CampsiteCampsite8.0 km E
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
84.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
13.5%
Steep, 30–45°
1.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
1.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
460 m low point 1,971 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 46.1%Shrubland 36.4%Trees 7.8%Built-up 3.6%Cropland 3.4%Bare rock / sparse 2.6%

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 3 km; 61 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Hippopotamus6
  • African Buffalo6
  • Maasai Giraffe6
  • Plains Zebra5
  • Rock Hyrax4
  • White-fronted Bee-eater3
Where it sits

Where Olkaria sits

Region
Nakuru County3Kenya15Africa69
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,431 m at the summit; the official height is 2,434 m.Official 2,434 m90 m model 2,424 mThis map 2,431 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,434 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,431 m-3 m
Copernicus GLO-902,424 m-10 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 2026-06-06)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
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