Diamond Hill
- Easiest route
- 2.2 km+329 m · about 1 h
- Prominence
- 274 m898 ft
- Isolation
- 1.8 km
- Tonight
- 7°CHeavy rain · Wind 46 km/h S
Diamond Hill is a 442 m (1,450 ft) mountain in the Twelve Bens, County Galway, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 442 m · 1,450 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Benbaun (729 m)
- Range
- Twelve Bens
- Region
- County Galway, Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.5482° N, 9.9144° W
How to get to the top of Diamond Hill
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 1.4 km WSW of Diamond Hill
- Distance
- 2.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +329 m(1,079 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 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.
Diamond Hill 3D map
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Diamond Hill terrain and contours
20 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
Diamond Hill weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 7°C (45°F) · 18.4 mm · Wind 46 km/h S
Diamond Hill forecast for the summit, about 442 m.
- Tonight7°18.4 mm46 km/h S
- Sat7°11°15.5 mm69 km/h W
- Sun5°8°6.6 mm58 km/h NW
- Mon7°12°38.8 mm52 km/h SW
- Tue7°8°8.0 mm44 km/h W
- Wed8°10°1.4 mm21 km/h W
- Thu8°10°12.6 mm35 km/h SE
- Fri4°9°10.8 mm12 km/h N
- Sat3°7°4.2 mm21 km/h NW
- Sun2°7°0.8 mm18 km/h NW
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 near Diamond Hill
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Diamond Hill, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Coach Parking
Nearest campsite
Connemara Caravan & Camping Park
Nearest caravan site
Renvyle Beach Caravan & Camping Park
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.6 km NE |
| Parking | 1.9 km NE |
| Coach ParkingParking | 2.0 km NE |
| Connemara Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 6.4 km N |
| Renvyle Beach Caravan & Camping ParkCaravan site | 7.8 km NW |
How steep is the route to Diamond Hill?
The easiest mapped route, 2.2 km from 101 m to 442 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.
- 0–15°1.9 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 473 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common heather69
- European Robin63
- Common Chaffinch59
- Deer fern55
- Bell Heather50
- Bog asphodel44
Where Diamond Hill sits
- Region
- County Galway4Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Diamond Hill downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 436 m at the summit; the official height is 442 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 442 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 436 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 428 m | -14 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)
- 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)