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Sentiero 5: Il Gran Cono
Next nearby hike: Sentiero 3: Il Monte Somma 0.9 mi · 1.4 kmExplore Vesuvius →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–22 °C (52–72 °F)
- J7°2°140
- F6°1°115
- M8°3°123
- A11°5°128
- M15°9°65
- J19°13°52
- J22°16°33
- A22°16°36
- S19°13°133
- O15°10°162
- N11°6°221
- D7°3°175
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 5.7 km · 3.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Vesuvius (volcano, 1,281 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mount Vesuvius (Campanian Anti-Apennines › Anti-Apennines; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.7 km SE of Massa di Somma (Napoli, Campania) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Naples
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 105
- Operator (OSM)
- Ente Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio
- From / to
- Piazzale Quota 1000 → Rifugio Imbò
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 40.8239, 14.4291
- Route start
- 40.8284, 14.4268
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9278345
- Official info
- parconazionaledelvesuvio.it/visita-il-parco/i-se
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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Sentiero 2: Lungo i Cognoli
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Sentiero 6: La Strada Matrone
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Sentiero 10: Sorgenti dell'Olivella
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