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Volcán San Pedro
- Mapped trail
- 3.5 km+1,171 m · about 3 h · T2Ends 80 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 978 m3,208 ft
- Isolation
- 9.3 km
- Tonight
- 7°CCloudy · Wind 10 km/h N
Volcán San Pedro is a 3,018 m (9,902 ft) volcano in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Sololá Department, Guatemala.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,018 m · 9,902 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Volcán Tolimán (3,158 m)
- Range
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Region
- Sololá Department, Guatemala
- Coordinates
- 14.6574° N, 91.2671° W
How to get to the top of Volcán San Pedro
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Entrada Reserva Volcán San Pedro (trailhead)
- Distance
- 3.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,171 m−26 m (3,842 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
The mapped trail ends 80 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.
Volcán San Pedro 3D map
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Volcán San Pedro terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Entrada Reserva Volcán San Pedro. 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
Volcán San Pedro weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 10 km/h N
Volcán San Pedro forecast for the summit, about 3,018 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,806 m.
- Tonight7°–10 km/h NBase 14°
- Sat4°13°5.5 mm11 km/h NBase 11 / 20°
- Sun4°14°0.7 mm10 km/h NBase 11 / 21°
- Mon5°12°5.4 mm9 km/h SBase 12 / 19°
- Tue6°12°1.4 mm10 km/h SBase 13 / 19°
- Wed5°13°1.7 mm8 km/h SBase 13 / 20°
- Thu4°14°1.0 mm7 km/h SBase 11 / 22°
- Fri5°12°3.1 mm8 km/h SWBase 12 / 19°
- Sat4°15°0.5 mm8 km/h SBase 11 / 22°
- Sun5°15°0.8 mm8 km/h NBase 12 / 22°
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 Volcán San Pedro
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Volcán San Pedro, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Entrada Reserva Volcán San Pedro
Nearest parking
Parqueo
Nearest hut
4.2 km N
Nearest campsite
Jardín Firefly
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Entrada Reserva Volcán San PedroTrailhead | 2.6 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.1 km ESE |
| ParqueoParking | 4.1 km NNW |
| Parqueo PúblicoParking | 4.1 km NNW |
| Hut | 4.2 km N |
| Entrada al volcán AtitlánTrailhead | 5.0 km ESE |
| Entrada al Rostro MayaTrailhead | 5.3 km NNW |
| Jardín FireflyCampsite | 6.0 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Volcán San Pedro?
The easiest mapped route, 3.5 km from 1,806 m to 2,951 m. Steepest stretch: 36°.
- 0–15°1.1 km
- 15–30°2.2 km
- 30–45°0.2 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.
Where Volcán San Pedro sits
- Region
- Sololá Department4Guatemala16North America1,313
Nearby places
Lago de AtitlánLake · 1,562 m↑8.6 km ENE
Volcán TolimánPeak · 3,158 m↑9.7 km ESE
Volcán AtitlánPeak · 3,537 m↑12 km SE
AlmolongaPeak · 3,197 m↑31 km WNW
Santa MaríaPeak · 3,772 m↑33 km WNW
More in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas 6
Volcán San Pedro downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
12 m high This 3D map reads 3,030 m at the summit; the official height is 3,018 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,018 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,030 m | +12 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,022 m | +4 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 2026-04-13)
- 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
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia