Nephin · 806 m · 34 km NE

Mountain · County Mayo

Croagh Patrick

764 m2,507 ft

Easiest route: 2.2 km+514 m · about 1.5 h · T4
Prominence: 638 m2,094 ft
Isolation: 12 km
Tonight: 5°CHeavy rain · Wind 33 km/h S

Croagh Patrick is a 764 m (2,507 ft) mountain in County Mayo, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 764 m · 2,507 ft
Nearest higher peak: Barrclashcame (772 m)
Region: County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates: 53.7599° N, 9.6598° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Croagh Patrick

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.5 km ESE of Croagh Patrick

Distance: 2.2 kmone way
Climb: +514 m(1,686 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

Croagh Patrick elevation profile

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Other routes 1

Road end near Murrisk3.3 km · +722 m · about 2 h
T4GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Croagh Patrick 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Croagh Patrick terrain and contours

50 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Croagh Patrick weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 5°C (41°F) · 13.4 mm · Wind 33 km/h S

Croagh Patrick forecast for the summit, about 764 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 242 m.

Tonight5°13.4 mm33 km/h SBase 7°
Sat6°10°16.7 mm67 km/h WBase 8 / 12°
Sun4°7°5.8 mm54 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
Mon5°11°31.2 mm54 km/h SBase 8 / 14°
Tue5°6°7.3 mm42 km/h SWBase 8 / 9°
Wed7°9°0.5 mm24 km/h SWBase 9 / 12°
Thu7°9°7.4 mm33 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
Fri4°7°9.7 mm11 km/h NWBase 5 / 11°
Sat3°5°3.2 mm18 km/h NWBase 5 / 8°
Sun3°5°0.2 mm17 km/h NWBase 4 / 8°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Croagh Patrick

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

Nearest parking
2.5 km NNE
+2 more within 2.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
7.7 km WNW
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	2.5 km NNE
Parking	2.6 km NE
Parking	2.6 km NE
Caravan site	7.7 km WNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Croagh Patrick?

The easiest mapped route, 2.2 km from 242 m to 764 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 242 m2.2 km · 764 m

0–15°1.6 km
15–30°0.6 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.

Grassland 79.9%Water 11.3%Trees 8.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Croagh Patrick summit.

Summit list 4

1Lugnademon510 m 1.0 km E
2Teevenacroaghy487 m 1.6 km E
3Ben Goram559 m 1.8 km W
4Crott Mountain500 m 2.4 km E

Where it sits

Where Croagh Patrick sits

Ranked in 1

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Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BenbaunPeak · 729 m29 km SSW

Downloads

Croagh Patrick downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCroagh Patrick satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-16.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXCroagh Patrick GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 761 m at the summit; the official height is 764 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	764 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	761 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	755 m	-9 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)
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

Croagh Patrick

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.5 km ESE of Croagh Patrick

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Data sources