Hiking trails · Gifu
Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle via the Higashizaka Hiking Course from Iwato Park
金華山 岩戸公園から東坂ハイキングコースで岐阜城へ
- Distance
- 3.0 km
- Hiking time
- 1 h 42 min
- Ascent
- 288 m
- Descent
- 288 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
From the north side of Iwato Park, this route follows the Higashizaka Hiking Course over Myoken Pass and up a rocky ridge to Gifu Castle on the 329 m summit of Mount Kinka. At the top it circles remains of the national historic site, including the Ichinomon and Ninomon gate sites, near the ropeway summit station, overlooking the Nagara River and Gifu city before returning the way it came.
Mt. Kinkazan summit weather (329 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:16, sunset 16:57
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Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle via the Higashizaka Hiking Course from Iwato Park facts
- Start
- Parking
- End
- Parking
- Access · Start
- parking
Peaks on this trail
Nearby hiking trails
- Iwado Park–Mount Takasu Circuit 2.1 km · 1 h 15 min
- 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 and Gifu Castle Trail Circuit 3.6 km · 2 h 10 min
- Mount Kinka Loop via the Meisō Path and Hyakumagari Trail 4.4 km · 2 h 27 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