Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Name: Campo Imperatore
Address: Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, Italy

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

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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. Known as "Little Tibet", it is located in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, near L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 42°26'31"N, 13°35'16"E

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Campo Imperatore – 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.

2.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Corno Grande, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
57 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.
1.5 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Ski area
Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila
40 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.
1.9 miW
Hiking, Mountain, Alpine hut
Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
48 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.
1.5 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
38 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.
4.2 miN
Park, Ski area, Aerial tramway
Prati di Tivo, Pietracamela
108 min walk • Prati di Tivo is a frazione in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
1.5 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Borexino, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
40 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.
2.6 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Calderone glacier, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
66 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.
2.6 miNW
Mountain popular for skiing and climbing
Gran Sasso d'Italia, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
66 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.
4.3 miW
Locality
Assergi
110 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.
2.7 miNW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Rifugio Carlo Franchetti, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
69 min walk • The Carlo Franchetti refuge is the highest mountain refuge among those located on the Gran Sasso of Italy, located at 2,433 meters above sea level, on the Teramo side of the massif, in the territory of the municipality of Pietracamela, above the...
2.3 miW
Aerial tramway
Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park
60 min walk • The Gran Sasso d'Italia cable car is a cable car that connects the resort town of Fonte Cerreto to the western side of Campo Imperatore, in the heart of the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif.