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Santa Ana Volcano
- Easiest route
- 2.8 km+399 m · about 1.5 h
- Prominence
- 1,682 m5,519 ft
- Isolation
- 68 km
- Tonight
- 10°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h NW
Santa Ana Volcano is a 2,381 m (7,812 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Apaneca-Lamatepec, Santa Ana Department, El Salvador.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,381 m · 7,812 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Cerro El Pital (2,730 m)
- Range
- Cordillera de Apaneca-Lamatepec
- Region
- Santa Ana Department, El Salvador
- Spanish name
- Volcán de Santa Ana
- Coordinates
- 13.8549° N, 89.6282° W
How to get to the top of Santa Ana Volcano
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.2 km WNW of Santa Ana Volcano
- Distance
- 2.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +399 m−31 m (1,309 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Santa Ana Volcano 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.8 × 10.8 km
Santa Ana Volcano terrain and contours
100 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
Santa Ana Volcano weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 10°C (50°F) · Wind 12 km/h NW
Santa Ana Volcano forecast for the summit, about 2,381 m.
- Tonight10°–12 km/h NW
- Sat10°18°–14 km/h N
- Sun9°18°–17 km/h NW
- Mon9°17°–11 km/h NW
- Tue10°18°–6 km/h N
- Wed10°19°–8 km/h NE
- Thu10°19°0.2 mm8 km/h NE
- Fri11°19°2.2 mm8 km/h NE
- Sat10°19°–8 km/h NE
- Sun10°19°–11 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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Santa Ana Volcano
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Santa Ana Volcano, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
San Blas - Area Auto Camping
Nearest campsite
Casa de Cristal
Nearest parking
3.2 km S
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| San Blas - Area Auto CampingCaravan site | 2.4 km S |
| Casa de CristalCampsite | 2.7 km S |
| Parking | 3.2 km S |
| Parking | 3.2 km S |
| Parking | 5.2 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Santa Ana Volcano?
The easiest mapped route, 2.8 km from 2,004 m to 2,381 m. Steepest stretch: 23°.
- 0–15°2.3 km
- 15–30°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 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 5.4 km, measured from the Santa Ana Volcano summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Cerro Mascarón1,602 m 3.8 km ENE
- 2Izalco1,952 m 4.6 km S
- 3Cerro Mala Cara, Bosquelía o Ayeco1,901 m 4.9 km NW
- 4Cerro El Astillero1,495 m 5.1 km SSE
- 5Cerro La Cumbre, La Ruda o Los Ángeles1,850 m 5.1 km NW
- 6Cerro El Retiro1,475 m 5.2 km NNW
- 7Cerro El Conejal1,495 m 5.2 km SSE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.4 km; 338 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Bushy-crested Jay60
- Rufous-collared Sparrow43
- Green-throated Mountain-gem38
- Silver monstera31
- Emerald Swift22
- Townsend's Warbler22
Where Santa Ana Volcano sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467
- Region
- El Salvador13North America1,313
Nearby places
IzalcoPeak · 1,952 m↑4.6 km S
ChingoPeak · 1,775 m↑31 km NNW
San Salvador VolcanoPeak · 1,893 m↑39 km ESE
GuazapaPeak · 1,438 m↑56 km E
Lake Ilopango440 m↑66 km ESE
More in the American Cordillera 6
Santa Ana Volcano downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,376 m at the summit; the official height is 2,381 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,381 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,376 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,369 m | -12 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 2026-01-08)
- 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