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Volcán de Santa Margarida and Volcán del Croscat - Circular through the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa

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Volcán de Santa Margarida and Volcán del Croscat - Circular through the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa

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Volcán de Santa Margarida and Volcán del Croscat - Circular through the Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa

03:25

12.1km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 16, 2024

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Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa

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984 m

Trail through La Fageda d'en Jordà

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La Fageda d'en Jordà is a beautiful beech forest located on a cooled lava flow from a volcano. It is located within the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park, very close …

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4.12 km

Hermitage of Sant Miquel de Sacot

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Sant Miquel Sacot is a Romanesque church in La Cot, a scattered center of Santa Pau (La Garrotxa, Catalonia). It is at about 640 masl. It is a Romanesque church …

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6.13 km

Santa Margarida Volcano

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The Santa Margarida volcano, in Catalan Volcà de Santa Margarida, is an extinct volcano in the northeast of Catalonia. It lies between Olot and Santa Pau and, as part of …

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9.08 km

Croscat Volcano Scoria Slopes

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The Croscat volcano and its clay pots are one of the jewels of the La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park. It is the second largest volcano in the Iberian Peninsula, …

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12.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.36 km

3.14 km

2.21 km

733 m

503 m

200 m

Surfaces

4.42 km

4.27 km

1.58 km

983 m

780 m

113 m

Elevation

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Highest point (730 m)

Lowest point (570 m)

Weather

Tuesday 23 June

36°C

14°C

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Comments

April 26, 2025,Fageda d'en Jordá und Vulkan Santa Margarida

We leave the coast and head inland from Girona to the Garrotxa Natural Park and Volcanic Zone. We hike through the Jordá beech forest (fageda in Catalan) and visit the Santa Margarida and Croscat volcanoes. The weather forecast was right to the minute and hour, with the forecast for rain... well, it did, which didn't stop us from enjoying a …

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November 11, 2024,Spanien, NP Garrotxa, Vulkanrunde

In the Garrotxa Natural Park there are about 40 catalogued volcanoes with 10 well-preserved explosion craters. The Volcá del Croscat is a highly explosive Strombolian volcano. The eruption took place around 9,500 BC. It is the last volcano to erupt in the Garrotxa volcanic area and also on the Iberian Peninsula.

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November 10, 2024,Bosc de la Fageda d'en Jordà i Volcans de la Garrotxa

Circular route from Santa Margarida Parking passing through:
- Croscat volcano (1.9 km)
- Vegetation (2.7 km)
- Mirador Volcà Croscat (3.8 km)
- Monument to Joan Maragall (7.0 km)
- Jordà beech grove (8.0 km)
- El Prat de la Plaça (10.7 km)
- Sant Miquel Sacot Church (11.5 km)
- Volcano of Santa Margarida (13.7 km)
- Boxes …

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December 22, 2024,Volcán de Santa Margarida en Volcán del Croscat - Rondewandeling door het Natuurpark Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa

Parking very expensive. 11 euros for 4 hours. Better to park further for free.

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June 1, 2024,Randonnée

Very nice pleasant day with very very appreciable people, world champions of what I like

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December 19, 2023,Zu den Vulkanen 🌋 der Garrotxa 🚶‍♂️

Today we drove to the Garrotxa volcanic area southeast of Olot. The two most striking volcanoes, Croscat and Santa Margarida, were our destination.

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September 19, 2023,Spanien Olot Camping La Fageda Vulkan (2023)

Beautiful hike with 2 volcanoes and a beech forest

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November 8, 2021,Parc Natural de la zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa; Volcà de Sta Margarida y Volcà de Croscat

Classic route in the Fageda d'en Jordà with passage through Volcà de Sta Margarida and Volcà de Croscat starting in a parking lot where it is not necessary to pay.
The volcano of Santa Margarida. It is a mixed volcano that had Strombolian and phreatomagmatic eruptive phases. The latter are explosive and opened, when they exploded, a wide circular crater …

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