Pass · County Kerry

Gap of Dunloe

119 m390 ft

Tonight: 8°CHeavy rain · Wind 31 km/h S

Gap of Dunloe is a mountain pass at 119 m in County Kerry, Ireland.

All facts

Saddle: 119 m
Lowest point: 34 m / 81 m

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3D map

Gap of Dunloe 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gap of Dunloe topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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 centre

Gap of Dunloe elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Print & wall

JPGGap of Dunloe satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-29.

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GIS & GPS

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Pass

Gap of Dunloe: the climb from each side

Crossed by: a mapped road

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

Weather

Gap of Dunloe weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 8°C (46°F) · 12.8 mm · Wind 31 km/h S

Gap of Dunloe forecast for about 119 m.

Tonight8°12.8 mm31 km/h S
Sat9°14°18.4 mm43 km/h W
Sun8°11°6.1 mm31 km/h S
Mon8°14°20.7 mm35 km/h S
Tue9°11°1.2 mm28 km/h W
Wed10°14°0.3 mm15 km/h SE
Thu9°12°8.8 mm30 km/h SE
Fri4°11°7.1 mm13 km/h N
Sat4°9°0.9 mm17 km/h NW
Sun3°8°0.5 mm8 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 Gap of Dunloe

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

Nearest parking
1.6 km SSW
+2 more within 2.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Cronin's Yard Camping
4.3 km WNW · +2 more within 7.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	1.6 km SSW
Parking	1.6 km N
Parking	2.5 km SSW
Cronin's Yard CampingCampsite	4.3 km WNW
Fossa Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite	7.0 km NNE
Beech Grove Camping & Caravan ParkCampsite	7.1 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

50.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.9%

Steep, 30–45°

9.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 10.6% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 960 m low point 17 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 85.7%Trees 10.9%Water 3.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Gap of Dunloe.

Summit list 7

1Purple Mountain832 m 1.2 km E
2Cnoc na dTarbh655 m 1.3 km WSW
3Cnoc an Bhráca731 m 1.6 km W
4Tomies Mountain735 m 2.4 km NE
5Shehy Mountain762 m 2.7 km E
6Cruach Mhór931 m 3.4 km W
7The Big Gun939 m 3.5 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 206 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sika Deer36
Common Chaffinch19
Purple foxglove17
Large-flowered Butterwort17
Hardy Fuchsia16
European Robin12

Where it sits

Where Gap of Dunloe sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Muckross Lake7.7 km E

Sources

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 2026-04-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Gap of Dunloe

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite