Hiking trails · Gifu
Mount Kinka Loop via Meiso-no-Komichi and Nanamagari
金華山周回(めい想の小径・七曲り登山道)
- Distance
- 4.2 km
- Hiking time
- 2 h 15 min
- Ascent
- 314 m
- Descent
- 320 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This loop climbs from Gifu Park along Meiso-no-Komichi on the north side of Mount Kinka, reaches the summit area, and returns on the Nanamagari Trail. The ascent offers views over the Nagara River toward the Northern Alps and Mount Ontake before reaching 329-metre Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle, while the descent follows the broad historic main approach.
Mt. Kinkazan summit weather (329 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:16, sunset 16:57
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Mount Kinka Loop via Meiso-no-Komichi and Nanamagari facts
- Access · Start
- Lower Station (Aerialway station), 岐阜公園・岐阜城 (Bus stop), 大宮町駐車場, 岐阜公園堤外駐車場第2 (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 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
- 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