Sugarloaf Mountain
- Prominence
- 382 m1,255 ft
- Isolation
- 4.2 km
- Tonight
- 19°CFog · Wind 8 km/h N
Sugarloaf Mountain is a 395 m (1,296 ft) inselberg in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
All facts
- Elevation
- 395 m · 1,296 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Corcovado (710 m)
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Spanish name
- Pan de Azúcar
- Coordinates
- 22.9496° S, 43.1554° W
Sugarloaf Mountain 3D map
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Sugarloaf Mountain topographic map
20 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
Sugarloaf Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Parking, 1.1 km WSW of Sugarloaf Mountain
- Distance
- 1.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +181 m−6 m (594 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
The mapped trail ends 140 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Sugarloaf Mountain weather
Tonight · Fog · 19°C (66°F) · Wind 8 km/h N
Sugarloaf Mountain forecast for the summit, about 395 m.
- Tonight19°–8 km/h N
- Sat19°28°–26 km/h NW
- Sun20°26°21.6 mm25 km/h W
- Mon17°20°6.7 mm32 km/h SW
- Tue18°20°–14 km/h S
- Wed19°22°–15 km/h E
- Thu18°21°34.4 mm14 km/h E
- Fri18°20°25.3 mm17 km/h E
- Sat18°21°1.0 mm22 km/h SE
- Sun18°23°1.0 mm20 km/h SE
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 Sugarloaf Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sugarloaf Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km NNW
Nearest trailhead
5.5 km WSW
How steep is the route to Sugarloaf Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 1.2 km from 13 m to 185 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°0.9 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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 Sugarloaf Mountain summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Urca Hill220 m 0.9 km W
- 2Morro Cara de Cão80 m 1.0 km NNE
- 3Morro dos Urubus126 m 1.3 km SSW
- 4Morro do Leme150 m 1.6 km SSW
- 5Morro da Babilônia238 m 1.7 km WSW
- 6Morro da Viúva75 m 2.1 km WNW
- 7Morro Azul67 m 2.9 km WNW
Where Sugarloaf Mountain sits
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro4Brazil20South America235
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
66 m low This 3D map reads 329 m at the summit; the official height is 395 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 92 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 395 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 329 m | -66 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 303 m | -92 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 2026-07-21)
- 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, 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia