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Mountain · Sierra de Francia · Castile and León

Peña de Francia

1,723 m5,653 ft

Prominence: 196 m644 ft
Isolation: 4.7 km
Tonight: 0°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h NE

Peña de Francia is a 1,723 m (5,653 ft) mountain in the Sierra de Francia, Castile and León, Spain.

All facts

Elevation: 1,723 m · 5,653 ft
Nearest higher peak: Sierra de Pinajarro (2,099 m)
Range: Sierra de Francia
Region: Castile and León, Spain
Coordinates: 40.5124° N, 6.1688° W

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3D map

Peña de Francia 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Peña de Francia terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Peña de Francia elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Peña de Francia weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 13 km/h NE

Peña de Francia forecast for the summit, about 1,723 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 947 m.

Tonight0°–13 km/h NEBase 4°
Today2°13°–13 km/h SWBase 7 / 17°
Sun2°13°–12 km/h NWBase 7 / 18°
Mon5°16°–12 km/h SBase 10 / 21°
Tue5°13°–9 km/h SBase 10 / 17°
Wed4°15°–4 km/h NEBase 9 / 19°
Thu7°15°–9 km/h SBase 12 / 19°
Fri7°15°–6 km/h SWBase 12 / 20°
Sat6°14°–7 km/h NEBase 11 / 19°
Sun5°12°0.2 mm4 km/h NEBase 9 / 17°

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.

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

33.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

59.4%

Steep, 30–45°

6.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 6.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 768 m low point 947 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 63.3%Shrubland 27.2%Grassland 6.0%Bare rock / sparse 3.2%

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 Peña de Francia summit.

Summit list 3

1Peña de las Zapatas1,596 m 2.1 km NW
2Pico del Robledo1,614 m 2.2 km NNW
3Alto de Leras1,507 m 2.7 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 158 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Iberian Ibex38
Eurasian Griffon22
Eurasian Crag-Martin12
Black Redstart10
Pyrenean Oak10
Scots pine7

Where it sits

Where Peña de Francia sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

San Juan ReservoirLake · 580 m155 km E

Peña de Francia downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPeña de Francia satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-02.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,715 m at the summit; the official height is 1,723 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,723 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,715 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,709 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 2026-09-02)
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 · Wikipedia