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Guaita

You can see 249 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 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.

91out of 100

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 north
  • 99%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 24%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
  • 68Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 692 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 68 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.

Guasco hill81 m · 92 km · eastMonte Conero572 m · 102 km · south-eastMonte Murano882 m · 71 km · south-eastMonte San Vicino1,484 m · 83 km · south-eastMonte Titano756 m · 0.6 km · south-eastMonte Carpegna1,415 m · 18 km · south-westMonte Palazzolo1,191 m · 14 km · south-westMonte Loggio1,186 m · 30 km · south-westPoggio dei Tre Vescovi1,127 m · 33 km · south-westMount Fumaiolo1,407 m · 34 km · south-westRipa della Moia1,260 m · 34 km · south-westMonte Carpano1,130 m · 44 km · westMonte della Perticara889 m · 16 km · westMonte Falco1,658 m · 60 km · westMonte Lavane1,241 m · 67 km · westCorno alle Scale1,945 m · 131 km · westMonte Cimone2,165 m · 143 km · westMonte Canda1,158 m · 91 km · westMonte Gurlano796 m · 91 km · westMount Bibele617 m · 94 km · north-westMonte Adone654 m · 102 km · north-westMonte di Rontana482 m · 65 km · north-westMonte Poggiolo212 m · 50 km · north-west

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 August.

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.

  1. Jansouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  2. Febwest10 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  3. Marwest6 min before the sea-level sunset44%
  4. Aprwest4 min before the sea-level sunset48%
  5. Maynorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset50%
  6. Junnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset61%
  7. Julnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset72%
  8. Augwest4 min before the sea-level sunset70%
  9. Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset58%
  10. Octwest8 min before the sea-level sunset43%
  11. Novsouth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset29%
  12. Decsouth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset27%
  • 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

Guaita.

Mountain peak near in the city of San Marino

Guaita is a summit in San Marino, 692 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 249 km away, looking north.

The sea fills 24% of the horizon.

68 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Monte Cimone (2,165 m), 143 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 99% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from July to August.

Fortress of Guaita - First Tower (San Marino)
Commonists · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and stay

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.

Guaita seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 11other viewpoints within 5 kmPasso delle Streghe and 10 more
  • 11named peaks within 5 kmMonte Titano, Monte Cerreto, Monte Cucco and 8 more
  • 2cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmCittà di San Marino, Borgo Maggiore
  • 33marked trails within 3 kmLa Rupe del Monte Titano, Il Castellaccio, Bruciate and 30 more
  • 1shelters and huts within 5 km
  • 118car parks within 3 km
  • 2visitor centres within 5 kmInformazioni Turistiche San Marino
  • 44restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmSan Marino Parking Via Napoleone Bonaparte, Camping Ex Tiro a Volo, Tiro and 5 more
  • 37places to stay within 10 kmHotel Cesare, Hotel Rosa, Hotel Titano and 34 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 Guaita, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas25 mountains within 25 km
Guaita · this placeMonte Titano756 m · 0.6 kmMonte San Cristoforo534 m · 3.4 kmMonte Montone1,103 m · 12 kmMonte Palazzolo1,191 m · 14 kmMonte della Perticara889 m · 16 kmMonte Carpegna1,415 m · 18 kmSimoncello1,221 m · 23 kmSasso di Simone1,204 m · 23 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Guaita Fortress - San Marino - 2024 02 13 - GT 01 ver2
Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Guaita Fortress - San Marino - 2024 02 13 - GT 02 (details)
Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Interior church of Santa Barbara first tower-San Marino
Commonists · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Guaita

San Marino

  • 91Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 68Peaks in view
  • 692 mAltitude

Monte Titano

San Marino · 1 km

  • 90Viewyas Score
  • 245 kmFarthest ridge
  • 109Peaks in view
  • 695 mAltitude

See the guide

Eurowheel

Italy · 47 km

  • 92Viewyas Score
  • 238 kmFarthest ridge
  • 118Peaks in view
  • 0 mAltitude

See the guide

Mount Amiata

Italy · 134 km

  • 89Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 231Peaks in view
  • 1,725 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2711604) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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