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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8974,Lat: 40.5689
Elevation	750 meter above sea level
Local time	11:29:13am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torrelodones

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Matas-Pinar-Monte Rozas	1.2 km	South
2 Los Bomberos	2 km	West
3 Torrelodones	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Los Robles	2.7 km	NorthWest
5 Parque de las Colinas	4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	25 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	491 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	499 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de El Pardo (5.3 km² at a height of around 631 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 22.4 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 224.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 314 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 64%, moderate high mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.6 km2

33.9%

Nature

30.5 km2

38.9%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

18 km2

23%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Los Peñascales in country Spain

Los Peñascales at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	25 km	SouthEast
3 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	46 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Manzanares	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Las Matas

Type of weather in Las Matas	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam