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Villarrica Volcano
- Easiest route
- 4.0 km+1,369 m · about 3.5 h
- Prominence
- 1,567 m5,142 ft
- Isolation
- 43 km
- Tonight
- -8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h S
Villarrica Volcano is a 2,850 m (9,350 ft) stratovolcano in the Patagonian Andes, Araucanía Region, Chile.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,850 m · 9,350 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Lanín (3,776 m)
- Range
- Patagonian Andes
- Region
- Araucanía Region, Chile
- Protected area
- Villarrica National Park
- Spanish name
- Volcán Villarrica
- Coordinates
- 39.4213° S, 71.9396° W
How to get to the top of Villarrica Volcano
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 3.4 km NNW of Villarrica Volcano
- Distance
- 4.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,369 m(4,491 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 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.
Villarrica Volcano 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.4 × 10.4 km
Villarrica 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
Villarrica Volcano weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -8°C (18°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 5 km/h S
Villarrica Volcano forecast for the summit, about 2,850 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,478 m.
- Tonight-8°0.3 mm5 km/h SBase 1°
- Sat-5°3°–11 km/h WBase 3 / 11°
- Sun-2°8°–10 km/h NBase 6 / 16°
- Mon-4°0°7.3 mm4 km/h WBase 5 / 9°
- Tue-3°3°–7 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
- Wed0°10°–14 km/h EBase 9 / 19°
- Thu-5°8°4.7 mm11 km/h NWBase 4 / 16°
- Fri-3°6°–9 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
- Sat-5°3°50.9 mm18 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
- Sun-8°-2°8.3 mm17 km/h NWBase 1 / 6°
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 Villarrica Volcano
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Villarrica Volcano, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.7 km NNW
Nearest campsite
5.4 km SW
How steep is the route to Villarrica Volcano?
The easiest mapped route, 4.0 km from 1,478 m to 2,850 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°1.0 km
- 15–30°2.9 km
- 30–45°0.2 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 137 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Painted Smooth-throated Lizard30
- Quinchamali30
- Lenga Beech24
- Narrow-leaved Barberry18
- Berberis empetrifolia15
- Crested Caracara13
Where Villarrica Volcano sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163Patagonian Andes17
- Region
- Araucanía Region7Chile76South America235
Nearby places
LanínPeak · 3,776 m↑45 km ESE
Mocho-ChoshuencoPeak · 2,422 m↑57 km S
SollipulliPeak · 2,282 m↑61 km NE
LlaimaPeak · 3,125 m↑83 km NNE
Sierra NevadaPeak · 2,554 m↑98 km NNE
More in the Patagonian Andes 6
Villarrica 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 2,857 m at the summit; the official height is 2,850 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,850 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,857 m | +7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,850 m | -0 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 2026-03-10)
- 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