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Galtymore

918 m3,012 ft
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
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Route

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
Galtymore elevation profile
40060080004.3 kmGaltymore

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2
  • Road end, 1.6 km SE of Galtymore2.5 km · +323 m · about 1 h
    Grade not mappedGPXKML
  • Road end, 3.8 km S of Galtymore4.6 km · +684 m · about 2.5 h
    Grade not mappedGPXKML

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

3D map

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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

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

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

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.

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking3.7 km SSE
Parking3.8 km S
Kings YardCampsite3.8 km S
Parking4.0 km N
Slope

How steep is the route to Galtymore?

The easiest mapped route, 4.3 km from 241 m to 918 m. Steepest stretch: 28°.

0 km · 241 m4.3 km · 918 m
  • 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

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 86.8%Trees 13.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.8 km, measured from the Galtymore summit.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Galtybeg799 m 1.2 km ENE
  2. 2Slievecushnabinnia775 m 2.1 km W
  3. 3Monabrack630 m 2.7 km SW
  4. 4Carrignabinnia823 m 2.8 km W
  5. 5Cush641 m 2.9 km NNE
  6. 6Lyracappul825 m 3.3 km W
  7. 7Greenane West787 m 3.4 km E
  8. 8Knockaterriff692 m 3.7 km SW
Where it sits

Where Galtymore sits

Region
Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.

Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 914 m at the summit; the official height is 918 m.Official 918 m90 m model 911 mThis map 914 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)918 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)914 m-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90911 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