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Errigal
- Easiest route
- 2.5 km+499 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 688 m2,257 ft
- Isolation
- 139 km
- Tonight
- 3°CRain · Wind 31 km/h S
Errigal is a 749 m (2,457 ft) mountain in the Derryveagh Mountains, County Donegal, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 749 m · 2,457 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Nephin (806 m)
- Range
- Derryveagh Mountains
- Region
- County Donegal, Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.0337° N, 8.1123° W
How to get to the top of Errigal
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.7 km SE of Errigal
- Distance
- 2.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +499 m(1,637 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Errigal 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km
Errigal 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.
West → east through the summit
Errigal weather
Tonight · Rain · 3°C (37°F) · 4.1 mm · Wind 31 km/h S
Errigal forecast for the summit, about 749 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 225 m.
- Tonight3°4.1 mm31 km/h SBase 6°
- Sat3°7°26.0 mm73 km/h WBase 6 / 10°
- Sun2°6°2.5 mm58 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
- Mon2°11°23.6 mm36 km/h SEBase 6 / 14°
- Tue5°5°10.8 mm40 km/h WBase 8 / 9°
- Wed6°9°1.6 mm24 km/h WBase 9 / 12°
- Thu6°7°6.0 mm31 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Fri1°7°3.4 mm13 km/h NBase 4 / 10°
- Sat0°5°7.0 mm18 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
- Sun2°4°3.3 mm15 km/h NWBase 5 / 7°
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 Errigal
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Errigal, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.2 km S
Nearest hut
The Deer Stalkers Hut (bothy)
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.2 km S |
| Parking | 1.3 km SSE |
| Parking | 1.6 km S |
| The Deer Stalkers Hut (bothy)Hut | 6.9 km ESE |
How steep is the route to Errigal?
The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 225 m to 749 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.
- 0–15°2.0 km
- 15–30°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 3.4 km; 74 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Raven5
- Bell Heather5
- Bog asphodel5
- Devil's-bit Scabious4
- Round-leaved sundew3
- Biddy-biddy3
Where Errigal sits
- Range
- Derryveagh Mountains3
- Region
- County Donegal5Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Errigal downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
18 m low This 3D map reads 731 m at the summit; the official height is 749 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 749 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 731 m | -18 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 716 m | -33 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 2026-07-15)
- 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)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia