Mountain · County Mayo

Croaghaun

688 m2,257 ft

Mapped trail: 4.9 km+580 m · about 2 hEnds 370 m below the summit.
Isolation: 34 km
Tonight: 7°CHeavy rain · Wind 64 km/h S

Croaghaun is a 688 m (2,257 ft) mountain in County Mayo, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 688 m · 2,257 ft
Prominence: 688 m · 2,257 ft
Nearest higher peak: Slieve Carr (721 m)
Region: County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates: 53.9843° N, 10.1956° W

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Route

Trails toward Croaghaun

Mapped trails from the road get to 370 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.

From Road end, 1.9 km S of Croaghaun

Distance: 4.9 kmone way
Climb: +580 m−286 m (1,903 ft up)
Time up: about 2 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Croaghaun elevation profile

Ends 370 m below the summit.

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

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

3D map

Croaghaun 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Croaghaun 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.

Index contours every 125 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

Croaghaun weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 7°C (45°F) · 14.3 mm · Wind 64 km/h S

Croaghaun forecast for the summit, about 688 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 19 m.

Tonight7°14.3 mm64 km/h SBase 11°
Sat7°10°12.0 mm94 km/h WBase 11 / 14°
Sun6°8°5.2 mm78 km/h NWBase 10 / 12°
Mon7°10°22.1 mm90 km/h SWBase 11 / 14°
Tue7°7°6.1 mm72 km/h WBase 11 / 11°
Wed8°9°0.6 mm37 km/h SEBase 12 / 13°
Thu8°9°8.6 mm54 km/h SEBase 12 / 13°
Fri7°7°8.2 mm34 km/h WBase 11 / 11°
Sat6°7°4.0 mm34 km/h NWBase 10 / 11°
Sun6°6°0.9 mm26 km/h NWBase 10 / 10°

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 Croaghaun

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

Nearest parking
1.6 km SSE
+2 more within 1.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Keel Camping
7.9 km E
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	1.6 km SSE
Parking	1.6 km S
Parking	1.7 km S
Keel CampingCampsite	7.9 km E

Slope

How steep is the route to Croaghaun?

The easiest mapped route, 4.9 km from 19 m to 313 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.

0 km · 19 m4.9 km · 313 m

0–15°3.5 km
15–30°1.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 55.6%Grassland 41.8%Trees 2.4%

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

Where it sits

Where Croaghaun sits

Ranked in 1

#17 Treks and hikes in Ireland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

NephinPeak · 806 m54 km E

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXCroaghaun 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 679 m at the summit; the official height is 688 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	688 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	679 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	670 m	-18 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: 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

Croaghaun

From Road end, 1.9 km S of Croaghaun

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources