Monte Brancastello, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Name: Monte Brancastello
Address: Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, Italy

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

Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain

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Monte Brancastello, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

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Mount Brancastello is a peak of the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain massif, located on the easternmost ridge of the massif along the ridge line joining Mount Aquila to Mount Prena and Mount Camicia, falling within the territories of the municipalities of L'Aquila and Isola del Gran Sasso, straddling the provinces of L'Aquila and Teramo.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 42°26'51"N, 13°38'24"E

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Corno Grande, St. Gabriel's shrine, Campo Imperatore, Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi.

4.1 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Corno Grande, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
104 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.
4.9 miN
Temple, Church
St. Gabriel's shrine, Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia
126 min walk • The Sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows is located at the foot of the Gran Sasso, in the municipality of Isola del Gran Sasso, in Teramo province, Abruzzo region, Italy.
4.2 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Ski area
Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila
108 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.
4.5 miW
Hiking, Mountain, Alpine hut
Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
115 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.
4 miE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Monte Camicia, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
104 min walk • Monte Camicia is a mountain straddling the border between the province of Teramo and the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is part of the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain chain.
4.1 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
106 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.
5.5 miNW
Park, Ski area, Aerial tramway
Prati di Tivo, Pietracamela
140 min walk • Prati di Tivo is a frazione in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
3.7 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Borexino, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
94 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.
2.7 miW
Nature, Mountain
Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
69 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.
4.8 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Calderone glacier, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
122 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.
4.8 miW
Mountain popular for skiing and climbing
Gran Sasso d'Italia, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
122 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.