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Miravalles Volcano · 2,028 m · 18 km WNW
Volcano · Cordillera de Guanacaste

Volcán Tenorio

1,916 m6,286 ft
Prominence
1,280 m4,200 ft
Isolation
16 km
Region
Costa Rica
Tonight
13°CCloudy · Wind 20 km/h NE

Volcán Tenorio is a 1,916 m (6,286 ft) volcano in the Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

All facts
Elevation
1,916 m · 6,286 ft
Nearest higher peak
Miravalles Volcano (2,028 m)
Range
Cordillera de Guanacaste
Coordinates
10.6682° N, 85.0118° W
Open the 3D view
3D map

Volcán Tenorio 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.2 × 9.2 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Volcán Tenorio terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Volcán Tenorio elevation profile

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

Volcán Tenorio weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 20 km/h NE

Volcán Tenorio forecast for the summit, about 1,916 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 560 m.

  • Tonight13°–20 km/h NEBase 21°
  • Sat13°19°2.5 mm24 km/h NEBase 21 / 27°
  • Sun13°19°–21 km/h NEBase 21 / 27°
  • Mon12°20°0.1 mm20 km/h NEBase 20 / 28°
  • Tue12°19°1.0 mm8 km/h EBase 20 / 28°
  • Wed12°19°0.3 mm10 km/h NEBase 20 / 28°
  • Thu12°20°0.6 mm9 km/h EBase 20 / 28°
  • Fri13°19°2.6 mm9 km/h NEBase 21 / 27°
  • Sat13°17°9.4 mm12 km/h NEBase 21 / 25°
  • Sun13°16°15.4 mm11 km/h NEBase 21 / 24°

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

Camping & parking near Volcán Tenorio

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking6.0 km NNE
Parking6.0 km NNE
Cabañas Los Laguitos Río CelesteHut6.7 km NNE
Camping La AmistadCampsite6.7 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 9.2 × 9.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
46.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
44.9%
Steep, 30–45°
8.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
8.7% of the 85 km² view
Relief in view
1,354 m low point 560 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.8%Grassland 7.2%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.6 km; 433 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Central American Eyelash-Viper134
  • Middle American Ameiva62
  • Baird's Tapir50
  • Cope's Vine Snake34
  • Black River Turtle34
  • Philodendron findens30
Where it sits

Where Volcán Tenorio sits

Range
American Cordillera467Cordillera de Guanacaste3
Region
Costa Rica14North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,914 m at the summit; the official height is 1,916 m.Official 1,916 m90 m model 1,906 mThis map 1,914 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,916 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,914 m-2 m
Copernicus GLO-901,906 m-10 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.
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
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