Pizzo Cefalone, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Name: Pizzo Cefalone
Address: Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, Italy

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

Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain

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Pizzo Cefalone, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

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Pizzo Cefalone is the highest peak of the western ridge of the Gran Sasso, the seventh of the entire massif, within the territory of the municipality of L'Aquila.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 42°27'3"N, 13°31'29"E

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Day trips

Pizzo Cefalone – 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.

2.4 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Corno Grande, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
63 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.
1.8 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Ski area
Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila
46 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.
1.4 miE
Hiking, Mountain, Alpine hut
Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
36 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.
1.8 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
48 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.
3.8 miNE
Park, Ski area, Aerial tramway
Prati di Tivo, Pietracamela
96 min walk • Prati di Tivo is a frazione in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
2.4 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Borexino, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
61 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.
3.3 miE
Nature, Mountain
Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
84 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.
1.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Calderone glacier, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
44 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.
1.7 miNE
Mountain popular for skiing and climbing
Gran Sasso d'Italia, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
44 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.
3.4 miW
42°26'12"N • 13°27'38"E
Santuario Giovanni Paolo II, L'Aquila
88 min walk • Church
2.2 miS
Locality
Assergi
58 min walk • Assergi is a frazione of the comune of L'Aquila, located about 11 km from the capital. With a population of just over 500, it is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,000 meters, below the western slope of the Gran Sasso in a small plain called the Piana di Assergi.