Hill of Allen
- Prominence
- 122 m400 ft
- Isolation
- 4.2 km
- Tonight
- 6°CLight rain · Wind 22 km/h S
Hill of Allen is a 206 m (676 ft) mountain in County Kildare, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 206 m · 676 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Croghan Hill (234 m)
- Region
- County Kildare, Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.2296° N, 6.8623° W
Hill of Allen 3D map
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Hill of Allen terrain and contours
5 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.
Hill of Allen elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Hill of Allen weather
Tonight · Light rain · 6°C (43°F) · 1.9 mm · Wind 22 km/h S
Hill of Allen forecast for the summit, about 206 m.
- Tonight6°1.9 mm22 km/h S
- Today7°13°8.1 mm46 km/h W
- Sun5°10°2.8 mm46 km/h W
- Mon9°15°4.4 mm42 km/h S
- Tue9°9°2.0 mm34 km/h SW
- Wed7°13°0.5 mm23 km/h SW
- Thu7°11°3.5 mm30 km/h S
- Fri8°13°11.1 mm23 km/h S
- Sat3°8°1.3 mm14 km/h W
- Sun2°7°0.1 mm17 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 24, 01:17 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.1% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 137 m low point 71 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 3 km; 21 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Cow Parsley3
- Common Snowberry1
- Red Admiral1
- Common hawthorn1
- 22-spot Ladybird1
- Common Vetch1
Where Hill of Allen sits
Nearby places
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 209 m at the summit; the official height is 206 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 206 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 209 m | +3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 204 m | -2 m |
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 2024 (scene 2024-09-06)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- 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)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia