Monte Aquila, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

#25 among attractions in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain

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Monte Aquila is a place located in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park (Abruzzo region) and belongs to the category of natural attraction, nature, mountain.

It is situated at an altitude of 8087 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 42°27'23"N latitude and 13°34'7"E longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: Borexino (observatories and planetariums, 7 min walk), Corno Grande (natural attraction, 24 min walk), Rifugio Garibaldi (hiking, 25 min walk).

Coordinates: 42°27'23"N, 13°34'7"E

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Monte Aquila – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Corno Grande, Campo Imperatore, Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi, Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey.

0.9 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Corno Grande, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
24 min walk • Corno Grande is the highest point in the Apennine Mountains, situated in Abruzzo, central Italy. Part of the Gran Sasso massif, it is the highest peak of the Italian Peninsula at 2,912 metres.
1.1 miSW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Ski area
Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila
28 min walk • The Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore is a botanical garden for alpine plants located at Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. It is operated by the University of L'Aquila.
1 miSW
Hiking, Mountain, Alpine hut
Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
27 min walk • The Duca degli Abruzzi refuge is a refuge, located at 2388 m above sea level in the Abruzzo Apennines on the L'Aquila side of the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif, on the crest of Mt. Portella.
1.1 miSW
Observatories and planetariums
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
28 min walk • The CINEOS program, started in 2001, is dedicated to the discovery and follow-up of near-Earth objects, namely asteroids and comets which periodically approach or intersect the Earth's orbit.
~1360 ftN
Observatories and planetariums
Borexino, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
7 min walk • Borexino is a particle physics experiment to study low energy solar neutrinos. The detector is the world's most radio-pure liquid scintillator calorimeter.
1.4 miSE
Nature, Mountain
Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
36 min walk • Campo Imperatore is a mountain grassland or alpine meadow formed by a high basin shaped plateau located above Gran Sasso massif, the largest plateau of Apennine ridge.
1.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Calderone glacier, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
31 min walk • The Calderone glacier is a glacier located in the Apennine Mountains in Abruzzo, Italy. Found in the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain group, it lies just beneath the Corno Grande, the highest peak in the Apennines.
1.2 miNW
Mountain popular for skiing and climbing
Gran Sasso d'Italia, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
31 min walk • Gran Sasso d'Italia is a massif in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Its highest peak, Corno Grande, is the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest mountain in Italy outside the Alps.
1.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Monte Portella, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
34 min walk • Mount Portella is a peak of the Abruzzo Apennines, located in the western ridge of the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif, within the municipal territory of L'Aquila: it overlooks the pass of the same name, which geomorphologically separates the central...
1 miW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Rifugio Garibaldi, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
25 min walk • The Giuseppe Garibaldi refuge is the oldest alpine refuge in Italy, located at 2,231 m above sea level in the Abruzzo Apennines, in the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif, at Campo Pericoli, in the municipality of Pietracamela, built in 1886 and named...

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Which popular attractions are close to Monte Aquila?

Nearby attractions include Borexino, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park (7 min walk), Corno Grande, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park (24 min walk).

Monte Aquila, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

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Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park plan & book

Monte Aquila – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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