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Torghatten

258 m846 ft

Easiest route: 1.3 km+223 m · about 0.5 h · T4
Isolation: 4.8 km
Tonight: 7°CRain · Wind 29 km/h S

Torghatten is a 258 m (846 ft) mountain in the Scandinavian Mountains, Nordland, Norway.

All facts

Elevation: 258 m · 846 ft
Prominence: 258 m · 846 ft
Nearest higher peak: Lysingen (648 m)
Range: Scandinavian Mountains
Region: Nordland, Norway
Coordinates: 65.3982° N, 12.0914° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Torghatten

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 0.6 km ENE of Torghatten

Distance: 1.3 kmone way
Climb: +223 m−5 m (732 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

Torghatten elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 0.7 km S of Torghatten1.1 km · +259 m · about 0.5 h
T4GPX KML
Road end, 0.9 km SW of Torghatten1.7 km · +257 m · about 1 h
T4GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Torghatten 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Torghatten terrain and contours

10 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Torghatten weather

Tonight · Rain · 7°C (45°F) · 4.5 mm · Wind 29 km/h S

Torghatten forecast for the summit, about 258 m.

Tonight7°4.5 mm29 km/h S
Today7°8°0.3 mm45 km/h SE
Sun7°9°–55 km/h SE
Mon7°9°8.2 mm38 km/h SW
Tue8°8°5.7 mm31 km/h SE
Wed8°9°10.9 mm39 km/h S
Thu8°9°5.8 mm36 km/h NW
Fri7°9°–21 km/h SE
Sat6°7°2.9 mm21 km/h SE
Sun6°7°2.7 mm20 km/h SE
Mon6°7°–21 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 24, 00:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Torghatten

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

Nearest parking
Torghatten
0.4 km SE · +2 more within 0.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Torghatten Camping
0.6 km SE
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Torghatten
0.7 km SSE · +1 more within 4.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
TorghattenParking	0.4 km SE
Parking	0.5 km SE
TorghattenParking	0.5 km SSE
Torghatten CampingCampsite	0.6 km SE
TorghattenCaravan site	0.7 km SSE
Caravan site	4.1 km SE

Slope

How steep is the route to Torghatten?

The easiest mapped route, 1.3 km from 34 m to 258 m. Steepest stretch: 48°.

0 km · 34 m1.3 km · 258 m

0–15°1.0 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.

Water 68.3%Grassland 24.5%Trees 6.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Torghatten sits

Ranked in 1

#6 Treks and hikes in Norway

Nearby

Nearby places

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Torghatten downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTorghatten satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXTorghatten GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 256 m at the summit; the official height is 258 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	258 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	256 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	239 m	-19 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 2026-08-27)
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

Torghatten

Easiest route: from Road end, 0.6 km ENE of Torghatten

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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