Pico de La Cruz · 2,351 m · 3.1 km E

Mountain · Canary Islands

Roque de los Muchachos

2,426 m7,959 ft

Isolation: 128 km
Tonight: 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 37 km/h E

Roque de los Muchachos is a 2,426 m (7,959 ft) mountain in Canary Islands, Spain.

All facts

Elevation: 2,426 m · 7,959 ft
Prominence: 2,426 m · 7,959 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pico viejo (3,135 m)
Region: Canary Islands, Spain
Protected area: Caldera de Taburiente National Park
Coordinates: 28.7543° N, 17.8849° W

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3D map

Roque de los Muchachos 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Roque de los Muchachos topographic map

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Roque de los Muchachos elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Print & wall

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GIS & GPS

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Weather

Roque de los Muchachos weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 37 km/h E

Roque de los Muchachos forecast for the summit, about 2,426 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 279 m.

Tonight6°–37 km/h EBase 19°
Sat6°9°1.8 mm46 km/h EBase 19 / 22°
Sun7°12°–43 km/h EBase 19 / 24°
Mon7°10°6.6 mm14 km/h NWBase 20 / 22°
Tue7°12°0.2 mm9 km/h EBase 20 / 25°
Wed7°12°0.3 mm4 km/h EBase 20 / 24°
Thu6°11°0.5 mm4 km/h NBase 19 / 24°
Fri6°11°0.8 mm6 km/h NBase 19 / 24°
Sat6°10°0.1 mm9 km/h NEBase 19 / 23°
Sun6°10°1.2 mm7 km/h NEBase 19 / 23°

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 Roque de los Muchachos

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

Nearest parking
Roque de los Muchachos
0.0 km NW · +2 more within 0.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping Caldera de Taburiente
3.5 km SSE · +1 more within 7.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Refugio de Tinizara
5.8 km W · +2 more within 6.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Roque de los MuchachosParking	0.0 km NW
Parking	0.2 km N
Parking	0.8 km NNE
Camping Caldera de TaburienteCampsite	3.5 km SSE
Refugio de TinizaraHut	5.8 km W
Refugio de GallegosHut	6.5 km NE
Refugio Punta de Los RoquesHut	6.8 km SE
Zona de Acampada y Camping San Antonio del MonteCampsite	7.5 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 13.6 × 13.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

17.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.5%

Steep, 30–45°

34.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.9%

Steeper than 30°: 43.2% of the 185 km² view
Relief in view: 2,142 m low point 279 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 67.4%Grassland 19.0%Shrubland 8.5%Bare rock / sparse 4.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.8 km, measured from the Roque de los Muchachos summit.

Summit list 8

1Cruz del Fraile2,376 m 0.7 km NE
2Fuente Nueva2,372 m 1.0 km NE
3Roque Chico2,371 m 1.0 km SW
4Roque Palmero2,306 m 2.3 km SW
5Pico de La Cruz2,351 m 3.1 km E
6Morro Negro2,322 m 3.4 km E
7Piedra Llana2,324 m 4.7 km ESE
8Pico de la Nieve2,234 m 5.5 km ESE

Where it sits

Where Roque de los Muchachos sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount GuajaraPeak · 2,718 m138 km ESE

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,421 m at the summit; the official height is 2,426 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,426 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,421 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,416 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 2026-08-05)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Roque de los Muchachos

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

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