Pico do Areeiro
- Prominence
- 263 m862 ft
- Isolation
- 2.8 km
- Tonight
- 7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 30 km/h NE
Pico do Areeiro is a 1,818 m (5,965 ft) mountain in Madeira, Portugal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,818 m · 5,965 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Pico das Torres (1,853 m)
- Region
- Madeira, Portugal
- Spanish name
- Pico del Areeiro
- Coordinates
- 32.7354° N, 16.9282° W
Pico do Areeiro 3D map
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Pico do Areeiro topographic map
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 do Areeiro downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Pico do Areeiro
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Trailhead, 3.3 km NNE of Pico do Areeiro
- Distance
- 7.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,013 m−785 m (3,323 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Pico do Areeiro weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 30 km/h NE
Pico do Areeiro forecast for the summit, about 1,818 m.
- Tonight7°–30 km/h NE
- Sat5°13°1.1 mm32 km/h N
- Sun3°12°–30 km/h N
- Mon3°12°0.3 mm14 km/h SE
- Tue8°12°2.6 mm6 km/h E
- Wed8°11°4.5 mm9 km/h SE
- Thu8°12°3.1 mm9 km/h SE
- Fri7°11°4.5 mm7 km/h SE
- Sat6°12°1.7 mm4 km/h E
- Sun8°12°7.0 mm7 km/h SW
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 do Areeiro
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pico do Areeiro, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
0.1 km W
Nearest parking
0.1 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Unofficial flat ground suitable to pitch a discreet tent
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Trailhead | 0.1 km W |
| Trailhead | 0.1 km SW |
| Parking | 0.1 km SSW |
| Parking | 0.1 km SW |
| Parking | 0.6 km S |
| Trailhead | 1.1 km SSE |
| Unofficial flat ground suitable to pitch a discreet tentCampsite | 1.8 km SE |
| Pico RuivoCampsite | 3.1 km NNW |
| Ribeiro FrioCampsite | 3.8 km E |
How steep is the route to Pico do Areeiro?
The easiest mapped route, 7.0 km from 1,578 m to 1,818 m. Steepest stretch: 44°.
- 0–15°4.9 km
- 15–30°1.7 km
- 30–45°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 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 3 km, measured from the Pico do Areeiro summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Curral Martinho1,785 m 1.0 km SW
- 2Escalvado1,700 m 1.3 km SSW
- 3Nogueira1,155 m 1.5 km ENE
- 4Cedro1,759 m 1.6 km WSW
- 5Pico das Torres1,853 m 1.6 km NNW
- 6Pico Ruivo1,862 m 2.9 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 469 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Red-legged Partridge388
- Pride of Madeira375
- Andryala glandulosa160
- Carlina salicifolia145
- Madeira Lizard140
- Erysimum bicolor139
Where Pico do Areeiro sits
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 1,807 m at the summit; the official height is 1,818 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,818 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,807 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,801 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 2026 (scene 2026-09-26)
- 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