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Vihren
- Prominence
- 1,781 m5,843 ft
- Isolation
- 48 km
- Tonight
- -4°CClear · Wind 3 km/h S
Vihren is a 2,914 m (9,561 ft) mountain in the Pirin, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,914 m · 9,561 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Musala (2,925 m)
- Range
- Pirin
- Region
- Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
- Coordinates
- 41.7671° N, 23.3990° E
Vihren 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.2 × 11.2 km
Vihren topographic map
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
Vihren downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Vihren
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.8 km SE of Vihren
- Distance
- 3.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +938 m(3,077 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Vihren weather
Tonight · Clear · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 3 km/h S
Vihren forecast for the summit, about 2,914 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,813 m.
- Tonight-4°–3 km/h SBase 3°
- Today-4°4°–7 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
- Sun-4°4°2.6 mm8 km/h SEBase 3 / 11°
- Mon-5°2°1.1 mm9 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
- Tue-9°-3°0.1 mm7 km/h NWBase -2 / 4°
- Wed-11°-5°0.7 mm7 km/h NBase -4 / 2°
- Thu-7°-2°0.1 mm6 km/h NBase 0 / 6°
- Fri-6°-2°1.3 mm6 km/h NWBase 1 / 5°
- Sat-7°-3°0.9 mm5 km/h NWBase 0 / 4°
- Sun-9°-4°3.1 mm5 km/h NWBase -2 / 3°
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 Vihren
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Vihren, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
з.Казана
Nearest campsite
Бивак
Nearest parking
1.6 km ESE
Nearest caravan site
2.1 km E
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| з.КазанаHut | 0.9 km ENE |
| БивакCampsite | 1.5 km SW |
| Parking | 1.6 km ESE |
| Parking | 1.7 km ESE |
| Parking | 1.7 km ESE |
| хижа ВихренHut | 1.9 km SE |
| Campsite | 2.1 km E |
| Caravan site | 2.1 km E |
| хижа БъндерицаHut | 2.3 km E |
| Wild campCampsite | 7.7 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Vihren?
The easiest mapped route, 3.3 km from 1,969 m to 2,914 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°1.4 km
- 15–30°1.8 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 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 5.6 km, measured from the Vihren summit.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.6 km; 473 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Large Ringlet35
- Dianthus microlepis29
- Northern Chamois28
- Eastern large Heath24
- Saxifraga ferdinandi-coburgi18
- Turquoise Blue17
Where Vihren sits
- Range
- Pirin3
- Region
- Blagoevgrad4Bulgaria25Europe2,143
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,910 m at the summit; the official height is 2,914 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,914 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,910 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,901 m | -13 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 2026-08-02)
- 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)