Glencar Lough
- Area
- 1.14 km²
- Tonight
- 6°CLight rain · Wind 56 km/h W
Glencar Lough is a lake at 27 m above sea level in Ireland, 1.14 km² in area and 2.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 27 m
- Length
- 2.7 km
- Shoreline
- 6.4 km
Glencar Lough in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 6.4 km≈1½ h to walk around
Glencar Lough 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.7 × 4.7 km
Glencar 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.
Glencar Lough elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Glencar Lough weather
Today · Rain showers · 6 / 9°C (43 / 48°F) · 3.6 mm · Wind 56 km/h W
Glencar Lough forecast for about 27 m.
- Today6°9°3.6 mm56 km/h W
- Mon8°15°12.2 mm46 km/h S
- Tue7°10°5.1 mm45 km/h W
- Wed9°13°0.4 mm19 km/h SW
- Thu10°12°14.0 mm30 km/h SE
- Fri7°12°5.9 mm23 km/h NW
- Sat8°11°1.9 mm16 km/h W
- Sun7°12°1.2 mm10 km/h S
- Mon8°11°1.0 mm7 km/h S
- Tue4°11°–8 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 25, 13:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Glencar Lough
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glencar Lough, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Devils Chimney Waterfall Car Park
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Devils Chimney Waterfall Car ParkParking | 0.4 km W |
| Parking | 0.8 km E |
| Parking | 0.9 km E |
Slope
Share of the 4.7 × 4.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 75% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 7.3% of the 22 km² view
- Relief in view
- 508 m low point 27 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 2.4 km; 104 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- European wood-sorrel11
- Rook8
- Great Scented Liverwort8
- Herb Robert6
- Ramsons5
- Hardy Fuchsia5
Where Glencar Lough sits
Nearby places
Glencar 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 2026-08-24)
- 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)