Mount Hymettus
Trail 15 · Path 4
- Walking time
≈ 40 min Running it? Set your pace - Distance
- 2 km
- Ascent
125 m - Descent
0 m - Highest point
429 m
- Up to 3 h
- A mountain path, steep in places. You need steady footing and hiking shoes. All grades
Water only 120 m off the trail, at km 2 Fire season: check tomorrow's risk map - Volunteers recorded the line and the waymarks in OpenStreetMap. We took the data on 13 October 2026. We don't know who looks after the trail today, so ask in the village or at the refuge what state it's in. The route on OpenStreetMap ↗What the sources mean
The ridge seen from Kalopoula · on the trail, at its end
Route
- Slope
- < 8%
- 8–15%
- > 15%
Summit
Getting there
The trail starts at 274 m. Nearest village or town: Zografou, 2.2 km from the start. 37.96487, 23.78980
The ridge seen from Kalopoula · on the trail, at its end
Athens from Kaisariani Hill · on the trail at km 0.7
The fire lookout on Kaisariani Hill · on the trail at km 0.7
Olive trees in the Kaisariani forest · 90 m from the trail, near km 0.6
Kaisariani Monastery · 130 m from the trail, near km 1
Ruins of an early Christian basilica on Kaisariani Hill · 140 m from the trail, near km 0.6
From Wikimedia Commons, taken within 150 m of the trail and picked one by one. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.