Benbaun
- Easiest route
- 2.4 km+617 m · about 1.5 h
- Prominence
- 687 m2,254 ft
- Isolation
- 12 km
- Tonight
- 4°CHeavy rain · Wind 41 km/h S
Benbaun is a 729 m (2,392 ft) mountain in the Twelve Bens, County Galway, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 729 m · 2,392 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mweelrea (814 m)
- Range
- Twelve Bens
- Region
- County Galway, Ireland
- Spanish name
- Binn Bhán
- Coordinates
- 53.5213° N, 9.8315° W
How to get to the top of Benbaun
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 2.0 km N of Benbaun
- Distance
- 2.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +617 m−5 m (2,024 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.
Benbaun 3D map
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Benbaun terrain and contours
25 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
Benbaun weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 4°C (39°F) · 18.3 mm · Wind 41 km/h S
Benbaun forecast for the summit, about 729 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 109 m.
- Tonight4°18.3 mm41 km/h SBase 8°
- Sat5°9°18.2 mm60 km/h WBase 9 / 13°
- Sun4°6°7.0 mm50 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
- Mon5°10°47.1 mm48 km/h SWBase 9 / 14°
- Tue5°5°8.8 mm37 km/h WBase 8 / 9°
- Wed6°8°1.2 mm19 km/h WBase 10 / 12°
- Thu5°8°13.3 mm31 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Fri2°8°8.6 mm10 km/h NBase 5 / 11°
- Sat0°5°3.0 mm20 km/h NWBase 4 / 9°
- Sun-1°5°0.5 mm16 km/h NWBase 3 / 9°
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.
Camping & parking near Benbaun
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Benbaun, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
5.0 km NNW
How steep is the route to Benbaun?
The easiest mapped route, 2.4 km from 109 m to 729 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°1.4 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Benbaun summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Bencollaghduff696 m 1.5 km SE
- 2Benbreen North Top674 m 1.7 km S
- 3Muckanaght654 m 1.8 km W
- 4Benbreen Central Top680 m 2.0 km SSW
- 5Benbreen691 m 2.4 km S
- 6Bencorr North Top690 m 2.8 km ESE
- 7Bencorr711 m 3.1 km ESE
- 8Bengower664 m 3.3 km S
Where Benbaun sits
- Region
- County Galway4Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Benbaun downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 724 m at the summit; the official height is 729 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 729 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 724 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 712 m | -17 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 2026-07-16)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- 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)