Hiking trails · Gifu
Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle Trail Circuit
金華山・岐阜城(七曲り登山道・めい想の小径周回)
- Distance
- 3.6 km
- Hiking time
- 2 h 10 min
- Ascent
- 324 m
- Descent
- 323 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This circuit climbs from Gifu Park on the Nanamagari Trail to Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle, then returns around the mountain’s north side on the Meditation Path. The forested urban mountain rises above the Nagara River and opens to broad views over Gifu, the Nobi Plain and distant ranges.
Mt. Kinkazan summit weather (329 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:16, sunset 16:57
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| Japan time | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
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| Precipitation | mm | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5 | 10 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
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Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle Trail Circuit facts
- Start
- 大宮町駐車場
- End
- 大宮町駐車場
- Access · Start
- 大宮町駐車場, 岐阜公園・岐阜城 (Bus stop), Lower Station (Aerialway station), 岐阜公園歴史博物館前 (Bus stop) (parking)
Peaks on this trail
Nearby hiking trails
- Mount Kinka Loop via the Umanose Trail and Meditation Path 3.1 km · 2 h
- Mount Kinka Loop via Meiso-no-Komichi and Nanamagari 4.2 km · 2 h 15 min
- Mount Kinka Loop via the Meisō Path and Hyakumagari Trail 4.4 km · 2 h 27 min
- Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle via the Higashizaka Hiking Course from Iwato Park 3.0 km · 1 h 42 min
- Iwado Park–Mount Takasu Circuit 2.1 km · 1 h 15 min
- Gifu, from Noisshiki Hakusan Shrine by the Jugomagari Path to the Inner Shrine on Gongenyama 1.3 km · 52 min
- Dodogamine from Nagaragawa Fureai-no-Mori 7.9 km · 2 h 40 min
- Ibuki Falls, Mount Kakamigahara Gongen, and Kitayama Return 4.8 km · 2 h 47 min