Italy scenic viewpoint
Gallasco-Cernobbio
You can see 49 km from here, looking north.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 49 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 49 kmFarthest ridgelooking north
- 87%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 60Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 704 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 60 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are from July to September.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west90 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Febsouth-west58 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Marwest54 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Aprwest62 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Maywest90 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Junwest98 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Julwest94 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Augwest76 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Sepwest58 min before the sea-level sunset35%
- Octwest58 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Novsouth-west74 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Decsouth-west92 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Gallasco-Cernobbio.
Human settlement in Italy
Gallasco-Cernobbio is a scenic viewpoint in Italy, 704 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 49 km away, looking north.
60 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Grignone (2,410 m), 11 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 87% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Luxury Lodgecampsite · 2.7 km · 14 within 10 km
- Hotel Belvedereplace to stay · 4.1 km · 220 within 10 km
- Magreglionearest town · 3.0 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in MagreglioBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Lugano Airport (LUG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGY airport (Orio al Serio)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 40other viewpoints within 5 kmPunta di Spartivento, Croce di Brentalone, Belvedere su Bellagio and 37 more
- 22named peaks within 5 kmMonte San Primo, Dosso di Lavedo, Monte Doardo and 19 more
- 4cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmMonte Forcella and 3 more
- 31marked trails within 3 kmDorsale del Triangolo Lariano, Strada Regia, Dorsale del Triangolo Lariano per cresta and 28 more
- 5shelters and huts within 5 kmIl bosco Di maddi, Bivacco Scengher, Veranda esterna del ristorante and 2 more
- 47car parks within 3 km
- 4visitor centres within 5 kmPontile di Bellagio, Info Lezzeno, Proloco di Lierna and 1 more
- 22restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 kmLuxury Lodge, Campeggio Madonna del Ghisallo, Camping La Fornace and 11 more
- 220places to stay within 10 kmHotel Belvedere, Hotel Suisse, Bar Riposo and 217 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Gallasco-Cernobbio, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas269 mountains within 25 km
Forestyas5 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Canyonyas2 canyons within 20 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 km
Cascadyas13 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Gallasco-Cernobbio
Italy
- 50Viewyas Score
- 49 kmFarthest ridge
- 60Peaks in view
- 704 mAltitude
Punta Caldera
Italy · 13 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 248 kmFarthest ridge
- 944Peaks in view
- 1,284 mAltitude
Monte Moregallo
Italy · 11 km
- 75Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 646Peaks in view
- 1,246 mAltitude
Monte Resegone
Italy · 20 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 1,140Peaks in view
- 1,842 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q18487578) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit 
lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit