Peñalara height
7,966ft
above sea level · 2,428 m
Peñalara is the highest summit in the Community of Madrid and the 10th highest summit in Castile and León in the IGN’s table of Spanish summits. It’s in the Sierra de Guadarrama, part of the Central System.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.85° N · 3.96° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 51′ 0″ N · 3° 57′ 22″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 419,411 E · 4,522,550 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Real Sitio de San Ildefonso
- Municipality the summit lies in
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 7,961 ft (2,426.6 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 7,966 ft.
Compared with Spain’s other peaks
At 7,966 ft (2,428 m), Peñalara ranks 48th among the 228 Spanish summits in the IGN’s table, 4,222 ft lower than Mount Teide.
It’s the highest point of both Madrid and Segovia provinces. The summit sits on the border between Madrid and Segovia.
Other summits in Castile and León with their own page: Torre Cerredo (8,691 ft), Torre Blanca (8,586 ft), Almanzor (8,501 ft), El Torreón (7,871 ft), Moncayo (7,592 ft), Pico del Lobo (7,454 ft), Urbión (7,310 ft), Teleno (7,162 ft), Peña Cebollera (6,978 ft), and Peña Trevinca (6,978 ft).
The nearest provincial capital is Segovia, 11 mi away in a straight line. The summit stands 4,675 ft above the city.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Peñalara.
How high is Peñalara?
Peñalara rises to 7,966 feet (2,428 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 Peñalara?
Latitude 40.85004 and longitude -3.95607 in decimal degrees (40° 51′ 0″ N · 3° 57′ 22″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 419,411 E and 4,522,550 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
Is Peñalara the highest mountain in Spain?
No. It ranks 48th 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 Peñalara is the highest in the Community of Madrid.
Which municipality is the summit in?
Real Sitio de San Ildefonso, in Segovia province (Castile and León), according to the IGN’s municipal boundaries. The point is just 3 m (10 ft) from the boundary, so the summit is shared with the neighboring municipality.
How high is Peñalara in feet?
7,966 feet. The official height is 2,428 meters, and one meter is 3.28084 feet, so 2,428 × 3.28084 ≈ 7,966 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 (4 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