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Mountain · MacGillycuddy's Reeks · County Kerry

Caher

1,000 m3,281 ft

Prominence: 110 m361 ft
Isolation: 1.1 km
Tonight: 3°CHeavy rain · Wind 35 km/h S

Caher is a 1,000 m (3,281 ft) mountain in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,000 m · 3,281 ft
Nearest higher peak: Carrauntoohil (1,039 m)
Range: MacGillycuddy's Reeks
Region: County Kerry, Ireland
Spanish name: Cathair na Féinne
Coordinates: 51.9943° N, 9.7585° W

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3D map

Caher 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Caher terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Caher elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Caher weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 3°C (37°F) · 14.4 mm · Wind 35 km/h S

Caher forecast for the summit, about 1,000 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 66 m.

Tonight3°14.4 mm35 km/h SBase 9°
Sat4°9°18.6 mm48 km/h WBase 10 / 15°
Sun3°6°7.2 mm33 km/h SBase 9 / 11°
Mon3°10°24.0 mm37 km/h SWBase 8 / 15°
Tue5°5°2.4 mm32 km/h WBase 10 / 11°
Wed5°9°0.7 mm16 km/h SWBase 10 / 14°
Thu4°7°11.1 mm32 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
Fri-1°6°6.4 mm13 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
Sat-1°5°1.0 mm19 km/h NWBase 5 / 11°
Sun0°4°0.7 mm11 km/h NWBase 5 / 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

Camping & parking near Caher

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

Nearest parking
3.8 km NNW
+2 more within 5.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Cronin's Yard Camping
5.5 km NE · +1 more within 6.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	3.8 km NNW
LisleibaneParking	4.9 km NE
Cronin's Yard CampingCampsite	5.5 km NE
Cronin's YardParking	5.6 km NE
Climbers Inn CampingCampsite	6.8 km W

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

29.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.5%

Steep, 30–45°

23.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.3%

Steeper than 30°: 27.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 967 m low point 66 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 95.5%Trees 2.4%Water 1.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Caher summit.

Summit list 8

1The Bones957 m 1.1 km NE
2Carrauntoohil1,039 m 1.2 km ENE
3Beenkeragh1,008 m 1.6 km NNE
4Cnoc na Toinne845 m 1.9 km ESE
5Stumpa Barr na hAbhann852 m 2.0 km NNE
6Skregmore848 m 2.2 km N
7Knockbrinnea West Top852 m 2.5 km NE
8Knockbrinnea East Top845 m 2.6 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 95 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sea Thrift16
Hairy Kidney-wort8
Meadow Pipit6
Common Raven5
European Common Frog4
Sheep's-bit4

Where it sits

Where Caher sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gap of DunloePass · 241 m8.8 km ENE

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Print & wall

JPGCaher satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-29.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 994 m at the summit; the official height is 1,000 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,000 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	994 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	979 m	-21 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 2026-04-29)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Caher

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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