Spain scenic viewpoint
Mirador de la Cerdanya
You can see 35 km from here, looking south-west.
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 35 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).
- 35 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-west
- 92%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 80Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 1,212 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 80 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-west20 min before the sea-level sunset33%
- Febwest12 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Marwest24 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Aprwest32 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Maywest40 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Junnorth-west44 min before the sea-level sunset40%
- Julnorth-west42 min before the sea-level sunset50%
- Augwest36 min before the sea-level sunset49%
- Sepwest26 min before the sea-level sunset46%
- Octwest14 min before the sea-level sunset41%
- Novsouth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset37%
- Decsouth-west22 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- 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
Mirador de la Cerdanya.
Mirador de la Cerdanya is a scenic viewpoint in Spain, 1,212 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 35 km away, looking south-west.
80 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Puigmal (2,910 m), 16 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 92% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Camping Le Segrecampsite · 1.6 km · 29 within 10 km
- Maria Victòriaplace to stay · 0.1 km · 79 within 10 km
- Puigcerdànearest town · 0.1 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in PuigcerdàBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport (LEU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at PGF airport (Perpignan/Rivesaltes)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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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
- 12other viewpoints within 5 kmMirador de les Cies, Mirador del Campanar de Santa Maria, Mirador de la Carrera and 9 more
- 9named peaks within 5 kmPuig de Llivia, Puig de Bolvir, Serrat de Baladret and 6 more
- 1cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmAscensor inclinat
- 16marked trails within 3 kmPuigcerdà - Montserrat, Tour de la Cerdagne, Senda Pirenaica - E12 and 13 more
- 6shelters and huts within 5 km
- 62car parks within 3 km
- 3visitor centres within 5 kmOficina de turisme de Puigcerdà, Office de Tourisme d'Osséja, Patronat Comarcal de Turisme de la Cerdanya
- 29restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 29campsites within 10 kmCamping Le Segre, Mas-Piques, Camping de la Gare and 26 more
- 79places to stay within 10 kmMaria Victòria, Villa Paulita, Hotel del Prado and 76 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 Mirador de la Cerdanya, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas349 mountains within 25 km
Forestyas2 forests and trees within 15 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 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.
Mirador de la Cerdanya
Spain
- 54Viewyas Score
- 35 kmFarthest ridge
- 80Peaks in view
- 1,212 mAltitude
Coma Pedrosa
Andorra · 43 km
- 79Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 821Peaks in view
- 2,908 mAltitude
Pic de Sanfonts
Andorra · 44 km
- 79Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 807Peaks in view
- 2,869 mAltitude
Montserrat
Spain · 92 km
- 91Viewyas Score
- 225 kmFarthest ridge
- 1,386Peaks in view
- 1,194 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61745476) · 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, Forestyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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