Mountain · Famara · Canary Islands

Peñas del Chache

672 m2,204 ft

Isolation: 95 km
Tonight: 17°CPartly cloudy · Wind 36 km/h NE

Peñas del Chache is a 672 m (2,204 ft) mountain in the Famara, Canary Islands, Spain.

All facts

Elevation: 672 m · 2,204 ft
Prominence: 672 m · 2,204 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pico de la Zarza (813 m)
Range: Famara
Region: Canary Islands, Spain
Coordinates: 29.1199° N, 13.5207° W

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3D map

Peñas del Chache 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 × 6.6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Peñas del Chache terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Peñas del Chache elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Peñas del Chache weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 17°C (63°F) · Wind 36 km/h NE

Peñas del Chache forecast for the summit, about 672 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Tonight17°–36 km/h NEBase 21°
Sat17°20°–37 km/h NEBase 21 / 24°
Sun16°21°–31 km/h NEBase 20 / 25°
Mon17°22°–14 km/h SEBase 21 / 26°
Tue17°22°–15 km/h EBase 21 / 26°
Wed17°22°–16 km/h NEBase 21 / 26°
Thu16°22°–14 km/h NEBase 20 / 26°
Fri16°21°–16 km/h NBase 20 / 25°
Sat16°21°–15 km/h NBase 20 / 25°
Sun15°20°–15 km/h NBase 19 / 24°

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 Peñas del Chache

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

Nearest parking
Mirador del Bosquecillo
0.7 km NNW · +2 more within 0.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Finca de Arrieta
5.1 km E · +2 more within 6.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km ENE
Mirador del BosquecilloParking	0.7 km NNW
Mirador del BosquecilloParking	0.7 km NNW
Finca de ArrietaCampsite	5.1 km E
Campsite	6.5 km ESE
Campsite	6.8 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 6.6 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.2%

Steep, 30–45°

9.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.7%

Steeper than 30°: 11.3% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 673 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 65.3%Water 17.8%Bare rock / sparse 12.4%Built-up 2.3%Shrubland 1.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Peñas del Chache summit.

Summit list 6

1El Castillejo625 m 0.8 km W
2Montaña Ganada597 m 1.7 km N
3Peña de Juan Estévez577 m 1.7 km S
4Peña de la Pequeña501 m 1.7 km E
5Cerro Tabayesco490 m 2.2 km E
6Montaña de Faja452 m 2.7 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 484 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Aeonium lancerottense176
Asteriscus intermedius127
Atlantic Lizard94
Berthelot's Pipit87
Sonchus pinnatifidus80
Ferula lancerotensis79

Where it sits

Where Peñas del Chache sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Morro de la AgujereadaPeak · 1,957 m238 km WSW

Downloads

Peñas del Chache downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPeñas del Chache satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 673 m at the summit; the official height is 672 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	672 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	673 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	668 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 2026-09-30)
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

Peñas del Chache

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources