Pico da Vara
- Easiest route
- 5.0 km+706 m · about 2.5 h
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h SW
Pico da Vara is a 1,103 m (3,619 ft) mountain in the Serra da Tronqueira, Azores, Portugal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,103 m · 3,619 ft
- Prominence
- 1,103 m · 3,619 ft
- Range
- Serra da Tronqueira
- Region
- Azores, Portugal
- Coordinates
- 37.8096° N, 25.2110° W
How to get to the top of Pico da Vara
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 3.9 km ENE of Pico da Vara
- Distance
- 5.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +706 m−57 m (2,316 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Pico da Vara 3D map
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Pico da Vara terrain and contours
50 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
Pico da Vara weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 12°C (54°F) · Wind 11 km/h SW
Pico da Vara forecast for the summit, about 1,103 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 442 m.
- Tonight12°–11 km/h SWBase 16°
- Sat12°16°0.7 mm23 km/h SWBase 16 / 20°
- Sun13°15°1.1 mm43 km/h SWBase 17 / 19°
- Mon11°14°3.0 mm45 km/h SWBase 15 / 18°
- Tue12°12°2.5 mm22 km/h SEBase 16 / 16°
- Wed14°15°42.1 mm31 km/h SBase 18 / 19°
- Thu10°13°2.9 mm21 km/h NBase 14 / 17°
- Fri10°11°0.7 mm23 km/h NEBase 14 / 15°
- Sat10°12°1.6 mm20 km/h EBase 14 / 16°
- Sun11°12°39.9 mm28 km/h SEBase 15 / 16°
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 Pico da Vara
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pico da Vara, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.7 km ESE
Nearest campsite
Parque de Campismo da Feira
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.7 km ESE |
| Parking | 2.8 km NNW |
| Parque de EstacionamentoParking | 4.3 km ESE |
| Campsite | 5.2 km SE |
| Parque de Campismo da FeiraCampsite | 6.2 km ENE |
How steep is the route to Pico da Vara?
The easiest mapped route, 5.0 km from 442 m to 1,103 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.
- 0–15°4.0 km
- 15–30°0.9 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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.
Where Pico da Vara sits
Nearby places
Pico da Vara downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,094 m at the summit; the official height is 1,103 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,103 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,094 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,086 m | -17 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-29)
- 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)
- Accuracy comparison
- 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