Italy scenic viewpoint
Monte San Martino
You can see 249 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 249 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).
- 249 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-west
- 90%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 289Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 1,010 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 289 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-west16 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Febwest18 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Marwest12 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Aprwest14 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Maynorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Junnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Julnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Augwest20 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Sepwest12 min before the sea-level sunset35%
- Octwest26 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Novsouth-west18 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Decsouth-west16 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
Monte San Martino.
Mountain in Italy
Monte San Martino is a scenic viewpoint in Italy, 1,010 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 249 km away, looking south-west.
289 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Finsteraarhorn (4,274 m), 122 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 90% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Camping Spiaggiacampsite · 5.0 km · 16 within 10 km
- Villa Amandaplace to stay · 0.9 km · 141 within 10 km
- Lecconearest town · 2.2 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in LeccoBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 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.
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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
- 64other viewpoints within 5 kmZucco della Rocca, Belvedere parco del Valentino, Piazzale Lecco and 61 more
- 55named peaks within 5 kmCorno di Canzo Orientale, Zucco di Portorella, Torrione Fiorelli and 52 more
- 6cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmFunivia Piani d'Erna, Partenza funivia Piani d'Erna and 4 more
- 63marked trails within 3 kmSentiero Rotary Lecco, Percorso Giorgio Combi, Sentiero del Viandante (Lecco - Abbadia Lariana) and 60 more
- 16shelters and huts within 5 kmCasotta dei pastori, Casota del partigiano and 14 more
- 324car parks within 3 km
- 4visitor centres within 5 kmPro Loco Ballabio, A.P.T. - Lecco and 2 more
- 121restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 16campsites within 10 kmCamping Spiaggia, Area Sosta Camper Lecco, Rivabella and 13 more
- 141places to stay within 10 kmVilla Amanda, HLL Hotel Lungolago Lecco, Hotel Moderno and 138 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 Monte San Martino, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas244 mountains within 25 km
Forestyas3 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Canyonyas2 canyons within 20 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 km
Cascadyas13 waterfalls within 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyFigures 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.
Monte San Martino
Italy
- 70Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 289Peaks in view
- 1,010 mAltitude
Monte Resegone
Italy · 7 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 1,140Peaks in view
- 1,842 mAltitude
Monte Moregallo
Italy · 4 km
- 75Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 646Peaks in view
- 1,246 mAltitude
Magnodeno
Italy · 6 km
- 74Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 596Peaks in view
- 1,208 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3861962) · 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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