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County Wicklow

Glendalough

Floor130 m427 ft
Depth
486 m
Rim
621 m
Length
3.9 km
Tonight
2°CRain · Wind 20 km/h SW

Glendalough is up to 486 m deep: the rim reaches 621 m and the floor 130 m, along 3.9 km.

All facts
Floor
130 m
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Glendalough 3D map

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Glendalough topographic map

25 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.

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Glendalough elevation profile

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Depth

Depth of Glendalough

Up to 486 m deep (typically 429 m) along the 3.9 km in view.

0200400600800486 mrimfloor01233.9 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

Weather

Glendalough weather

Tonight · Rain · 2°C (36°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 20 km/h SW

Glendalough forecast for about 621 m.

  • Tonight2°1.7 mm20 km/h SW
  • Today4°10°17.9 mm46 km/h W
  • Sun3°7°3.3 mm44 km/h W
  • Mon6°12°16.2 mm36 km/h SE
  • Tue5°6°2.8 mm34 km/h W
  • Wed6°9°1.0 mm24 km/h W
  • Thu6°8°4.0 mm22 km/h S
  • Fri7°10°24.9 mm18 km/h S
  • Sat2°6°0.6 mm18 km/h NW
  • Sun0°4°0.1 mm21 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 Glendalough

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km NNE

    +2 more within 1.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Glendalough

    1.2 km WSW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Glendalough Glamping

    2.2 km E · +1 more within 5.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km NNE
GlendaloughParking0.4 km E
Stellplatz GlendaloughCaravan site1.2 km WSW
Glendalough Upper LakeParking1.2 km WSW
Glendalough GlampingCampsite2.2 km E
Wicklow Way CampingCampsite5.7 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
68.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.4%
Steep, 30–45°
3.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
4.2% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
717 m low point 97 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 62.1%Trees 37.0%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Glendalough.

NESW5 km10 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Camaderry South East Top677 m 1.9 km WNW
  2. 2Mullacor661 m 2.9 km SSW
  3. 3Lugduff SE Top638 m 3.0 km WSW
  4. 4Camaderry699 m 3.0 km NW
  5. 5Lugduff653 m 3.6 km WSW
  6. 6Turlough Hill681 m 4.1 km WNW
  7. 7Tonelagee NE Top668 m 5.6 km N
  8. 8Tonelagee817 m 5.6 km NNW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 492 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sika Deer163
  • Common Chaffinch141
  • Purple foxglove111
  • Maidenhair spleenwort106
  • European Robin103
  • Eurasian Jackdaw85
Where it sits

Where Glendalough sits

Range
Wicklow Mountains21
Region
County Wicklow17Ireland107Europe2,143
Protected area
Wicklow Mountains National Park7
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Wicklow Mountains 6
See all 21 in the Wicklow Mountains →
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 2025 (scene 2025-04-09)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia