Mount Royal
Mount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city's name is derived from its name. The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachian Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Montrealais, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 233 metres
- Description: hill in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Colline de la Croix” and “Mont-Royal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Royal Cross and Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
Mount Royal Cross
Photo: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca.
The Mount Royal Cross is a monument on top of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It stands at the northeastern peak of the mountain and overlooks the eastern part of the Island of Montreal.
Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football and multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the slopes of Mount Royal, in the borough of Ville-Marie.
Mount Royal Chalet
Government building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Royal Chalet is a building located near the summit of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The chalet was constructed in 1932 under the mayoralty of Camillien Houde as a make-work project during the Great Depression.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plateau and Outremont.
Plateau
Outremont
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Outremont, once its own town, was incorporated into Montreal in 2002. As its name suggests, it's on the other side of Mount Royal from downtown, and is a predominately residential area, home to well-known Québec artists and celebrities and to Montreal's Hasidic Jewish community.
Downtown Montreal
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown is the central business district of Montreal, and home to its largest concentration of museums, art galleries and shopping, and to the Mont-Royal Park and Montreal's Chinatown.
Mount Royal
- Categories: hill, mountain, and landform
- Location: Ville-Marie, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.50859° or 45° 30′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.58971° or 73° 35′ 23″ westElevation
233 metres (764 feet)Open location code
87Q8GC56+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2517010971OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Mount Royal” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mont Royal”
- Arabic: “مونت رويال، كيبك”
- Arabic: “مونت رويال”
- Armenian: “Մոն Ռուայալ”
- Basque: “Royal mendia”
- Belarusian: “Мон-Руаяль”
- Belarusian: “Руаяль”
- Catalan: “Mont Reial”
- Catalan: “mont Royal”
- Catalan: “Mont-Royal”
- Cebuano: “Mont Royal”
- Chinese: “皇家山”
- Danish: “Mont Royal”
- Danish: “Mount Royal”
- Dutch: “Mont Royal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت رويال”
- Finnish: “Mont Royal”
- French: “Le mont Royal et ses alentours”
- French: “mont Royal”
- French: “Mont Royal”
- French: “Mont-Royal”
- German: “Mont Royal”
- Greek: “Μον Ρουαγιάλ”
- Italian: “Mount Royal”
- Japanese: “マウント・ロイヤル”
- Japanese: “モン・ロワイヤル”
- Japanese: “モン・ロワイヤル公園”
- Japanese: “モン・ロワイヤル山”
- Japanese: “モントロイヤル”
- Japanese: “モンロワヤル”
- Japanese: “ロイヤル山”
- Ladin: “Mount Royal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mont Royal”
- Polish: “Mont Royal”
- Portuguese: “monte Royal”
- Portuguese: “Monte Royal”
- Russian: “Мон-Руаяль”
- Slovenian: “mont Royal”
- Spanish: “Mont Royal”
- Spanish: “Mont-Royal”
- Spanish: “Monte Royal”
- Swedish: “Mont Royal”
- Turkish: “Mont Royal”
- Turkish: “Québec Kraliyet Tepesi”
- Ukrainian: “Мон-Руаяль”
- Venetian: “Mount Royal”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pine Hill and Rose Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belvédère Camillien-Houde and Circle Stone.
Montreal: Must-Visit Destinations
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