Hiking trails · Niigata
Mount Kakuda Return via the Fukui Hotaru-no-Sato Trail
福井ほたるの里コースで角田山往復
- Distance
- 5.9 km
- Hiking time
- 3 h 43 min
- Ascent
- 545 m
- Descent
- 547 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This out-and-back route runs from the Fukui Hotaru-no-Sato Trailhead via Mount Katahira to 481.7 m Mount Kakuda. Mount Kakuda, in Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park, has seven official trails; the Fukui Hotaru-no-Sato Trail is a gentle, beginner-friendly route. The mountain has varied wildflowers, and its ridge looks over the Echigo Plain and the Sea of Japan.
Mount Kakuda summit weather (482 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:11, sunset 16:45
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Mount Kakuda Return via the Fukui Hotaru-no-Sato Trail facts
- Start
- ほたるの里コース登山口
- End
- ほたるの里コース登山口
- Access · Start
- ほたるの里コース登山口, ほたるの里第1駐車場 (parking)
Peaks on this trail
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