Navacerrada Pass | |
Other Name: | Puerto de Navacerrada |
Elevation M: | 1858 |
Location: | Province of Segovia, Community of Madrid |
Range: | Sierra de Guadarrama |
Map: | Spain |
Label: | Navacerrada Pass |
Coords: | 40.7886°N -4.0033°W |
The Navacerrada Pass (Spanish; Castilian: Puerto de Navacerrada pronounced as /es/) is a mountain pass in the Guadarrama Mountains, in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula.
In 1788, it replaced the Fuenfría Pass as mountain pass in the route crossing the Sierra de Guadarrama connecting the Spanish cities of Madrid and Segovia.[1] The saddle point lies at 1,858 metres over sea level. It is located in the border between the province of Segovia and the Community of Madrid. The route consists of the road in the Madrilenian side and the in the segovian side. As of 2019, several of the Alpine buildings erected in the surroundings are derelict.[2]
The climate type of Navacerrada Pass is humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb), close to the mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb),[3] with cold and rainy winters and cool to warm dry summers. Snow is common during the winter.[4]