Roque Nublo
- Easiest route
- 1.4 km+166 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 225 m740 ft
- Isolation
- 1.7 km
- Tonight
- 10°CFog · Wind 25 km/h E
Roque Nublo is a 1,803 m (5,915 ft) mountain in Canary Islands, Spain.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,803 m · 5,915 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Pico de las Nieves (1,948 m)
- Region
- Canary Islands, Spain
- Protected area
- Roque de Nublo
- Coordinates
- 27.9701° N, 15.6124° W
How to get to the top of Roque Nublo
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.2 km ESE of Roque Nublo
- Distance
- 1.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +166 m(545 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Roque Nublo 3D map
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Roque Nublo 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
Roque Nublo weather
Tonight · Fog · 10°C (50°F) · Wind 25 km/h E
Roque Nublo forecast for the summit, about 1,803 m.
- Tonight10°–25 km/h E
- Sat10°17°–30 km/h E
- Sun11°20°–26 km/h SE
- Mon14°22°–16 km/h SE
- Tue11°19°–3 km/h SW
- Wed10°19°1.0 mm2 km/h SW
- Thu11°17°1.6 mm4 km/h N
- Fri9°17°1.0 mm2 km/h N
- Sat7°15°1.2 mm3 km/h N
- Sun5°15°0.2 mm3 km/h N
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Roque Nublo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Roque Nublo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km NW
Nearest caravan site
Zona Acampada Corral de los Juncos
Nearest campsite
Bailico
Nearest hut
Refugio Díaz Bertrana
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.8 km NW |
| Parking | 0.9 km NNW |
| Parking | 1.4 km SSE |
| Zona Acampada Corral de los JuncosCaravan site | 2.3 km ENE |
| BailicoCampsite | 2.5 km ESE |
| Campamento El GarañónCampsite | 2.5 km E |
| Llanos de la PezCampsite | 2.6 km E |
| Refugio Díaz BertranaHut | 2.9 km ESE |
| Refugio Díaz BertranaHut | 2.9 km ESE |
| Casa de Cho FloresHut | 3.5 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Roque Nublo?
The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 1,577 m to 1,803 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°1.3 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 Roque Nublo summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Montaña del Aserrador1,689 m 1.1 km WSW
- 2El Montañón1,762 m 1.7 km SE
- 3Montaña del Andén del Toro1,736 m 3.0 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 397 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Canary Island pine92
- Mountain ironwort89
- Aeonium simsii75
- Canary Island sage74
- Common Raven59
- Giant dandelion53
Where Roque Nublo sits
- Region
- Canary Islands14Spain109Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Roque Nublo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
56 m low This 3D map reads 1,747 m at the summit; the official height is 1,803 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 67 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,803 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,747 m | -56 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,736 m | -67 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 2026-09-16)
- 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