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Glendalough Upper Lake

130 m427 ft
Area
0.35 km²
Max depth
30 m
Tonight
5°CCloudy · Wind 20 km/h SW

Glendalough Upper Lake is a lake at 130 m above sea level in County Wicklow, Ireland, 0.35 km² in area and 1.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
130 m
Length
1.4 km
Shoreline
3.3 km
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Lake

Glendalough Upper Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.4 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
3.3 km≈45 min to walk around
3D map

Glendalough Upper Lake 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Glendalough Upper Lake 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.

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Glendalough Upper Lake elevation profile

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Weather

Glendalough Upper Lake weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 20 km/h SW

Glendalough Upper Lake forecast for about 130 m.

  • Tonight5°1.7 mm20 km/h SW
  • Today7°13°17.9 mm46 km/h W
  • Sun6°10°3.3 mm44 km/h W
  • Mon9°15°16.2 mm36 km/h SE
  • Tue8°9°2.8 mm34 km/h W
  • Wed8°12°1.0 mm24 km/h W
  • Thu9°11°4.0 mm22 km/h S
  • Fri10°12°24.9 mm18 km/h S
  • Sat4°9°0.6 mm18 km/h NW
  • Sun3°7°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 Upper Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    Glendalough Upper Lake

    1.5 km ENE · +2 more within 2.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Glendalough

    1.5 km ENE

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Coolalingo Waterfalls Trailhead

    4.8 km S

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Glendalough Glamping

    4.9 km ENE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Glendalough Upper LakeParking1.5 km ENE
Stellplatz GlendaloughCaravan site1.5 km ENE
Parking2.3 km N
Parking2.8 km ENE
Coolalingo Waterfalls TrailheadTrailhead4.8 km S
Glendalough GlampingCampsite4.9 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
42.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
45.1%
Steep, 30–45°
10.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
2.1%
Steeper than 30°
12.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
566 m low point 128 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 52.6%Trees 44.5%Water 2.5%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 327 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard70
  • Sika Deer64
  • Common Chaffinch63
  • Deer fern58
  • Purple foxglove48
  • European wood-sorrel48
Where it sits

Where Glendalough Upper Lake sits

Range
Wicklow Mountains21
Region
County Wicklow17Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Wicklow Mountains 6
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Downloads

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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