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Bray Head

241 m791 ft

Prominence: 123 m405 ft
Isolation: 2.2 km
Tonight: 7°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h SW

Bray Head is a 241 m (791 ft) mountain in the Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 241 m · 791 ft
Nearest higher peak: Little Sugar Loaf (342 m)
Range: Wicklow Mountains
Region: County Wicklow, Ireland
Coordinates: 53.1774° N, 6.0827° W

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bray Head

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Bray Head, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Bray Golf Club
0.8 km NW · +2 more within 1.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
pump track
1.9 km SW · +2 more within 6.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Bray Golf ClubParking	0.8 km NW
Parking	1.5 km WNW
Parking	1.6 km WNW
pump trackTrailhead	1.9 km SW
mtb trackTrailhead	2.0 km SW
Dublin Mountains WayTrailhead	6.5 km NNW

3D map

Bray Head 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bray Head terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Bray Head elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Bray Head weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 22 km/h SW

Bray Head forecast for the summit, about 241 m.

Tonight7°0.9 mm22 km/h SW
Today7°13°11.0 mm58 km/h S
Sun6°10°2.2 mm54 km/h W
Mon9°15°7.3 mm47 km/h S
Tue9°10°0.8 mm35 km/h W
Wed7°13°0.1 mm20 km/h SW
Thu8°11°2.3 mm32 km/h S
Fri10°12°17.7 mm26 km/h SE
Sat5°10°0.2 mm23 km/h W
Sun4°7°0.1 mm24 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

93.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.7%

Steep, 30–45°

1.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 338 m low point -2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 45.2%Grassland 23.8%Trees 18.0%Built-up 9.1%Cropland 3.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 557 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Red Valerian49
Rook44
Great Cormorant34
European Stonechat34
European Shag30
Wall Pennywort28

Where it sits

Where Bray Head sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Two RockPeak · 536 m13 km WNW

Bray Head downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBray Head satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-09-06.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 234 m at the summit; the official height is 241 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	241 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	234 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	226 m	-15 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 2024 (scene 2024-09-06)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Bray Head

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

West → east through the summit

Data sources