Cerro de San Lorenzo height
7,451ft
above sea level · 2,271 m
Cerro de San Lorenzo is the highest summit in La Rioja in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Sierra de San Lorenzo, part of the Iberian System.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.24° N · 2.97° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 14′ 33″ N · 2° 58′ 21″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 502,260 E · 4,676,711 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Ezcaray
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 7,444 ft (2,269 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 7,451 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 7,451 ft (2,271 m), Cerro de San Lorenzo ranks 64th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 4,738 ft lower than Mount Teide.
It’s the highest point of La Rioja province.
Other summits in La Rioja with their own page: Urbión (7,310 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Logroño, 31 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 6,201 ft above the city.
- 21 Cerro de San Lorenzo 7,451 ft
Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Cerro de San Lorenzo.
How high is Cerro de San Lorenzo?
Cerro de San Lorenzo rises to 7,451 feet (2,271 meters) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the summit.
What are the coordinates of Cerro de San Lorenzo?
Latitude 42.24258 and longitude -2.97261 in decimal degrees (42° 14′ 33″ N · 2° 58′ 21″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 502,260 E and 4,676,711 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Cerro de San Lorenzo the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 64th of the 228 summits in the IGN’s table. Spain’s highest is Mount Teide, on Tenerife, at 12,188 ft (3,715 m), but Cerro de San Lorenzo is the highest in La Rioja.
Which municipality is the summit in?
Ezcaray, in La Rioja province (La Rioja), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 36 m (118 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
How high is Cerro de San Lorenzo in feet?
7,451 feet. The official height is 2,271 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 2,271 × 3.28084 ≈ 7,451 ft.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · Main summits (Información Geográfica Destacada) Official elevation of the summit. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- IGN summit table The summit’s rank, range, the provinces it lies in and its other names. CC BY 4.0 license.
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The summit’s position (2 m from the IGN’s point) and the base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know