Ben Bulben
- Easiest route
- 3.5 km+291 m · about 1.5 h
- Prominence
- 63 m208 ft
- Isolation
- 2.0 km
- Tonight
- 5°CRain · Wind 45 km/h S
Ben Bulben is a 527 m (1,729 ft) mountain in the Dartry Mountains, County Sligo, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 527 m · 1,729 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Truskmore (647 m)
- Range
- Dartry Mountains
- Region
- County Sligo, Ireland
- Spanish name
- Montaña Benbulbin
- Coordinates
- 54.3651° N, 8.4731° W
How to get to the top of Ben Bulben
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 1.1 km ENE of Ben Bulben
- Distance
- 3.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +291 m−21 m (955 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ben Bulben 3D map
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Ben Bulben terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Ben Bulben weather
Tonight · Rain · 5°C (41°F) · 5.5 mm · Wind 45 km/h S
Ben Bulben forecast for the summit, about 527 m.
- Tonight5°5.5 mm45 km/h S
- Sat6°10°31.1 mm94 km/h W
- Sun5°8°5.4 mm77 km/h NW
- Mon5°12°17.4 mm48 km/h S
- Tue7°7°9.7 mm48 km/h W
- Wed6°10°0.2 mm28 km/h SW
- Thu8°10°5.1 mm33 km/h SE
- Fri6°9°4.7 mm17 km/h N
- Sat4°7°13.0 mm27 km/h NW
- Sun6°6°2.5 mm23 km/h N
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
How steep is the route to Ben Bulben?
The easiest mapped route, 3.5 km from 246 m to 527 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°3.2 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Ben Bulben sits
Ranked in 1
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Ben Bulben downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 523 m at the summit; the official height is 527 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 527 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 523 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 523 m | -4 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-24)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia