Mountain · County Sligo

Knocknarea

327 m1,073 ft

Easiest route: 1.3 km+194 m · about 0.5 h
Prominence: 307 m1,006 ft
Isolation: 8.9 km
Tonight: 6°CRain · Wind 42 km/h S

Knocknarea is a 327 m (1,073 ft) mountain in County Sligo, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 327 m · 1,073 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ben Bulben (527 m)
Region: County Sligo, Ireland
Coordinates: 54.2587° N, 8.5744° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Knocknarea

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Knocknarea Hill Walk Carpark (parking)

Distance: 1.3 kmone way
Climb: +194 m(636 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Knocknarea elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 1

Road end near Strandhill2.1 km · +223 m · about 1 h
Grade not mappedGPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Knocknarea 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Knocknarea terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Knocknarea weather

Tonight · Rain · 6°C (43°F) · 6.2 mm · Wind 42 km/h S

Knocknarea forecast for the summit, about 327 m.

Tonight6°6.2 mm42 km/h S
Sat7°12°15.6 mm94 km/h W
Sun6°9°5.1 mm75 km/h NW
Mon7°13°15.8 mm44 km/h S
Tue8°9°3.6 mm36 km/h W
Wed7°12°0.3 mm24 km/h SW
Thu9°11°6.0 mm35 km/h SE
Fri5°10°4.4 mm17 km/h N
Sat6°8°9.1 mm25 km/h NW
Sun7°7°2.3 mm23 km/h N

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Knocknarea

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

Nearest parking
Knocknarea Hill Walk Carpark
1.2 km ESE · +2 more within 1.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Strandhill Caravan & Camping Park
2.5 km NW · +1 more within 5.4 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	1.2 km S
Knocknarea Hill Walk CarparkParking	1.2 km ESE
Parking	1.5 km NNW
Strandhill Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite	2.5 km NW
Rosses Point Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite	5.4 km N

Slope

How steep is the route to Knocknarea?

The easiest mapped route, 1.3 km from 124 m to 327 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.

0 km · 124 m1.3 km · 327 m

0–15°1.2 km
15–30°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 53.3%Water 34.1%Trees 9.7%Built-up 1.5%Wetland 0.7%Bare rock / sparse 0.5%

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

Where it sits

Where Knocknarea sits

Ranked in 1

#12 Treks and hikes in Ireland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Shannon PotLake43 km E

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGKnocknarea satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXKnocknarea GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 322 m at the summit; the official height is 327 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	327 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	322 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	317 m	-10 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 2026-08-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Knocknarea

Easiest route: from Knocknarea Hill Walk Carpark (parking)

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources