Puy de Chaumont, Dormant volcano in Massif Central, France

Puy de Chaumont is an extinct volcano in the Chaîne des Puys, north of the Puy de Dôme between the Grand Sarcouy and the Puy des Gouttes. It reaches 1,108 metres, about 130 metres above the surrounding land, and its broad, rounded mass is covered in dark conifer forest up to a gentle, slightly uneven crest. Heather and grasses grow on the lower ground in front of it.

Puy de Chaumont is an extinct volcano of the Chaîne des Puys, the north–south chain of lava domes and cones in the Massif central. It lies north of the Puy de Dôme, between the Grand Sarcouy and the Puy des Gouttes, and its summit reaches 1,108 metres, about 130 metres above the surrounding terrain.

The summit lies on a north–south ridge between the Grand Sarcouy and the puy des Gouttes, about 5.8 km north of the puy de Dôme. Walkers on the ridge path pass purple-flowering heather and grass in the foreground, with pine branches framing the view toward the wooded dome. The slope rises roughly 130 m above the surrounding land.

Puy de Chaumont lies between the Grand Sarcouy and the Puy des Gouttes, just north of the Puy de Dôme, about 10 km west of Clermont-Ferrand. The summit stands 1,108 m high, roughly 130 m above the surrounding terrain, on a north-south ridge. Approach from the Puy de Dôme side, where the wooded slopes rise above heather-covered ground.

Puy de Chaumont rises 130 metres above the surrounding terrain and its base is about one kilometre wide. It lies 5.8 km north of Puy de Dôme, the highest summit in the Chaîne des Puys, and about 10 km from Clermont-Ferrand.