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Sveti Jure
- Easiest route
- 4.9 km+1,056 m · about 3 h
- Prominence
- 1,164 m3,820 ft
- Isolation
- 42 km
- Tonight
- 1°CFog · Wind 14 km/h E
Sveti Jure is a 1,762 m (5,781 ft) mountain in the Biokovo, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,762 m · 5,781 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Konj (Kamešnica) (1,852 m)
- Range
- Biokovo
- Region
- Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
- Coordinates
- 43.3418° N, 17.0540° E
How to get to the top of Sveti Jure
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end near Šućurove staje
- Distance
- 4.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,056 m−13 m (3,465 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Sveti Jure 3D map
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Sveti Jure terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Šućurove staje. 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
Sveti Jure weather
Tonight · Fog · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 14 km/h E
Sveti Jure forecast for the summit, about 1,762 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 699 m.
- Tonight1°–14 km/h EBase 7°
- Today0°7°29.5 mm22 km/h SEBase 6 / 13°
- Sun0°8°–9 km/h NBase 6 / 14°
- Mon1°9°–17 km/h NEBase 7 / 16°
- Tue0°9°–9 km/h NBase 6 / 15°
- Wed-1°7°–6 km/h NWBase 5 / 13°
- Thu-1°8°–6 km/h NBase 5 / 14°
- Fri-2°7°–4 km/h NBase 4 / 13°
- Sat-3°6°1.4 mm4 km/h SWBase 4 / 12°
- Sun-4°5°0.5 mm5 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
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 Sveti Jure
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sveti Jure, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km NW
Nearest hut
Planinarska kuća Sv. Jure
Nearest campsite
Camp Makarska
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km NW |
| Parking | 0.3 km S |
| Planinarska kuća Sv. JureHut | 0.3 km S |
| Planinarska kuća Slobodan Ravlić na LokviHut | 1.7 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.2 km S |
| Planinarski dom pod VošcemHut | 3.3 km S |
| Camp MakarskaCampsite | 5.5 km SW |
| Camp Riviera MakarskaCampsite | 5.6 km SW |
| Camp KrvavicaCampsite | 5.9 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Sveti Jure?
The easiest mapped route, 4.9 km from 699 m to 1,762 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°3.3 km
- 15–30°1.5 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 4.3 km, measured from the Sveti Jure summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Seveljev brig1,549 m 0.9 km NNE
- 2Veliki Troglav1,658 m 0.9 km S
- 3Sedmina1,563 m 1.1 km WSW
- 4Čeprlj1,512 m 2.6 km WNW
- 5Lipa glavica1,526 m 3.0 km WNW
- 6Motika1,472 m 3.3 km WNW
- 7Ćulica1,529 m 3.4 km WNW
- 8Korenik1,556 m 4.1 km WNW
- 9Oštri vrv1,492 m 4.3 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.3 km; 337 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Dalmatian Wall Lizard14
- Moltkia petraea13
- Common Wall Lizard12
- Early Purple Orchid12
- Cowslip11
- Northern Chamois9
Where Sveti Jure sits
- Range
- Dinaric Alps20
- Region
- Split-Dalmatia County4Croatia16Europe2,143
Nearby places
Red Lake522 m↑17 km NE
Blue Lake↑17 km NE
Vidova goraPeak · 780 m↑36 km W
Baćina lakesLake↑42 km SE
CincarPeak · 2,006 m↑62 km N
More 1
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Sveti Jure downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,757 m at the summit; the official height is 1,762 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,762 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,757 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,747 m | -15 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 2026-09-28)
- 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