Mountain · Knockmealdown Mountains · County Waterford

Knockmealdown

794 m2,605 ft

Prominence: 627 m2,058 ft
Isolation: 20 km
Tonight: 2°CHeavy rain · Wind 23 km/h S

Knockmealdown is a 794 m (2,605 ft) mountain in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 794 m · 2,605 ft
Nearest higher peak: Galtymore (918 m)
Range: Knockmealdown Mountains
Region: County Waterford, Ireland
Spanish name: Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh
Coordinates: 52.2276° N, 7.9156° W

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3D map

Knockmealdown 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Knockmealdown terrain and contours

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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Knockmealdown elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Knockmealdown weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 2°C (36°F) · 6.8 mm · Wind 23 km/h S

Knockmealdown forecast for the summit, about 794 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 95 m.

Tonight2°6.8 mm23 km/h SBase 6°
Sat3°10°10.5 mm42 km/h SBase 6 / 14°
Sun2°7°6.2 mm40 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
Mon5°11°8.4 mm39 km/h SBase 9 / 15°
Tue5°6°–31 km/h WBase 9 / 10°
Wed6°9°1.5 mm18 km/h SWBase 10 / 13°
Thu7°8°21.9 mm25 km/h SEBase 11 / 12°
Fri-1°7°3.3 mm10 km/h NWBase 3 / 11°
Sat-2°5°0.5 mm12 km/h NWBase 2 / 8°
Sun-3°4°–15 km/h NWBase 0 / 8°

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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.6%

Steep, 30–45°

1.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.6% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view: 692 m low point 95 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 71.7%Trees 28.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Knockmealdown summit.

Summit list 4

1Knockmoylan767 m 0.9 km N
2Knocknagnauv655 m 2.3 km E
3Sugarloaf Hill663 m 2.8 km NW
4Roche's Hill389 m 2.8 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.4 km; 36 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Perennial Ryegrass3
Crested dogtail grass3
Common silverweed3
Common selfheal2
Yorkshire fog2
White clover2

Where it sits

Where Knockmealdown sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Devil's BitPeak · 478 m66 km N

Downloads

Knockmealdown downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGKnockmealdown satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 787 m at the summit; the official height is 794 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	794 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	787 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	775 m	-19 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 2026 (scene 2026-08-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · Wikipedia