Glen Lough
- Area
- 1.65 km²
- Tonight
- 8°CRain showers · Wind 47 km/h SW
Glen Lough is a lake at 24 m above sea level in Ireland, 1.65 km² in area and 3.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 24 m
- Length
- 3.7 km
- Shoreline
- 10.0 km
Glen Lough in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 10.0 km≈2½ h to walk around
Glen Lough 3D map
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Glen Lough terrain and contours
20 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.
Glen Lough elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Glen Lough weather
Today · Rain · 8 / 15°C (46 / 59°F) · 10.1 mm · Wind 47 km/h SW
Glen Lough forecast for about 24 m.
- Today8°15°10.1 mm47 km/h SW
- Tue8°11°16.2 mm52 km/h W
- Wed9°13°1.1 mm36 km/h W
- Thu11°13°4.4 mm31 km/h S
- Fri5°12°–17 km/h NW
- Sat5°9°0.1 mm11 km/h SW
- Sun5°10°–15 km/h NW
- Mon4°10°–15 km/h S
- Tue5°9°–19 km/h SE
- Wed6°10°–20 km/h SE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 26, 11:20 UTC.
Camping & parking near Glen Lough
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glen Lough, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.1 km NNW
Nearest caravan site
Wild Atlantic Camp
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.1 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.8 km SE |
| Parking | 3.1 km NW |
| Wild Atlantic CampCaravan site | 4.3 km WNW |
Slope
Share of the 5.7 × 5.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 94% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 32 km² view
- Relief in view
- 455 m low point -1 m
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 2.8 km; 51 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tapered Drone Fly4
- Marsh marigold4
- Lesser Spearwort4
- Marsh Pennywort3
- Bog myrtle3
- European royal fern3
Where Glen Lough sits
Nearby places
Glen Lough downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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)