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Parco Regionale del Monte Cucco

Parco Regionale del Monte Cucco from directly overhead

Parco Regionale del Monte Cucco is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 1,187 m. Monte Catria stands 1,701 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Punta Sassopecoraro, a peak 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates43.37809, 12.72085
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Punta Sassopecoraro: 0.2 mi
  • Monte le Gronde: 0.4 mi
  • Poggio Foce: 0.9 mi
  • Sella Poggio Foce: 0.9 mi
  • Colle d'Orlando: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • I cinque spacchi del diavolo: 1.0 mi
  • Rivellino: 1.5 mi
  • Ponte Spiano, Sigillo: 2.8 mi
  • Ai Caduti I e II Guerra Mondiale: 3.9 mi
  • Chiesa di San Sebastiano: 4.4 mi
Museums
  • Museo laboratorio del parco del Monte Cucco Giuseppe Morelli: 1.4 mi
  • Museo Parco M.Cucco - Energia e Vita: 1.4 mi
  • Museo del parco regionale del Monte Cucco: 1.5 mi
  • Antiquarium comunale: 6.1 mi
  • Museo Diocesano: 7.3 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Parco delle stanghe: 3.5 mi
  • Piazza Corsica: 6.6 mi
  • Piazza Giovanni da Verrazzano: 7.1 mi
  • Largo Amedeo Avogadro: 7.1 mi
  • Largo Gaetano Donizetti: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 40
Springs: 34
  • Fonte Coperta: 2.2 mi
  • Sorgente delle Gorghe: 2.9 mi
  • Fonte Alta: 3.9 mi
  • Fonte dell'Insollio: 4.9 mi
  • Sorgente Chiascio grande: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascata bassa 1: 1.5 mi
  • Cascata bassa 2: 1.6 mi
  • Cascata bassa: 2.2 mi
  • Cascata bassa: 2.3 mi
  • Cascata alta del Bottaccione: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 10
  • Forra del Rio Freddo: 1.6 mi
  • Falesia di Fonte Avellana: 5.7 mi
  • La Fondarca: 14.4 mi
  • Parete della Balza Forata: 16.9 mi
  • Falesia Fosso Dell'Eremo: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Beaches: 4
  • San Nicolò: 12.2 mi
  • Il Canyon: 12.3 mi
  • Cavalli: 12.4 mi
  • Gorga del letto: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • La chiusa: 12.7 mi
  • Area pic-nic Monte Acuto: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Parco Regionale del Monte Cucco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte CatriaN 352°1,701 m5.8 mi
Monte AcutoNNW 344°1,669 m7.0 mi
Monte CuccoESE 118°1,566 m1.4 mi
Pian d'OrticaN 2°1,412 m4.5 mi
Monte le GrondeNE 36°1,373 m0.4 mi
Monte MotetteN 357°1,331 m2.1 mi
Colle d'OrlandoENE 70°1,292 m0.9 mi
Punta SassopecoraroSE 139°1,262 m0.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1417:4418:21
June solstice05:2920:1020:54
September equinox06:5718:3119:09
December solstice07:3915:5016:37

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Wildlife nearby
  • Piedmont Ringlet13 obs
  • Elder-flowered Orchid8 obs
  • Esper's Marbled White8 obs
  • Portuguese colchicum8 obs
  • Orchis × colemanii8 obs
  • Houseleek7 obs
  • European beech7 obs
  • musk mallow7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/318725672

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