
Galtymore
- Easiest route
- 4.3 km+701 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 815 m2,674 ft
- Isolation
- 111 km
- Tonight
- 2°CHeavy rain · Wind 28 km/h S
Galtymore is a 918 m (3,012 ft) mountain in the Galtee Mountains, County Limerick, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 918 m · 3,012 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Cruach Mhór (932 m)
- Range
- Galtee Mountains
- Region
- County Limerick, Ireland
- Spanish name
- Cnoc Mór na nGaibhlte
- Coordinates
- 52.3660° N, 8.1790° W
How to get to the top of Galtymore
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.3 km NNW of Galtymore
- Distance
- 4.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +701 m−34 m (2,300 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Galtymore 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.6 × 7.6 km
Galtymore 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.
West → east through the summit
Galtymore weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 2°C (36°F) · 6.8 mm · Wind 28 km/h S
Galtymore forecast for the summit, about 918 m.
- Tonight2°6.8 mm28 km/h S
- Sat3°10°12.7 mm46 km/h S
- Sun2°6°5.9 mm41 km/h W
- Mon4°11°6.7 mm44 km/h S
- Tue4°5°0.2 mm30 km/h W
- Wed5°9°1.0 mm21 km/h SW
- Thu6°7°13.3 mm26 km/h SE
- Fri0°5°1.8 mm12 km/h NW
- Sat-1°4°1.1 mm12 km/h W
- Sun-3°3°0.1 mm15 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 Galtymore
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Galtymore, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.7 km SSE
Nearest campsite
Kings Yard
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.7 km SSE |
| Parking | 3.8 km S |
| Kings YardCampsite | 3.8 km S |
| Parking | 4.0 km N |
How steep is the route to Galtymore?
The easiest mapped route, 4.3 km from 241 m to 918 m. Steepest stretch: 28°.
- 0–15°3.4 km
- 15–30°0.9 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.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.8 km, measured from the Galtymore summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Galtybeg799 m 1.2 km ENE
- 2Slievecushnabinnia775 m 2.1 km W
- 3Monabrack630 m 2.7 km SW
- 4Carrignabinnia823 m 2.8 km W
- 5Cush641 m 2.9 km NNE
- 6Lyracappul825 m 3.3 km W
- 7Greenane West787 m 3.4 km E
- 8Knockaterriff692 m 3.7 km SW
Where Galtymore sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Galtymore downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 914 m at the summit; the official height is 918 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 918 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 914 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 911 m | -7 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-12)
- 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)
- 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