Lough Erne
- Area
- 100 km²
- Max depth
- 65 m
- Tonight
- 6°CRain · Wind 27 km/h S
Lough Erne is a lake at 42 m above sea level in United Kingdom, 100 km² in area and 26.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 42 m
- Length
- 26.4 km
- Shoreline
- 288.7 km
Lough Erne 3D map
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Lough Erne topographic map
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.
Lough Erne elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lough Erne downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lough Erne in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 288.7 km
Lough Erne weather
Tonight · Rain · 6°C (43°F) · 3.0 mm · Wind 27 km/h S
Lough Erne forecast for about 42 m.
- Tonight6°3.0 mm27 km/h S
- Today7°11°25.9 mm52 km/h W
- Sun6°10°3.3 mm42 km/h W
- Mon7°14°18.5 mm33 km/h S
- Tue9°9°9.9 mm38 km/h W
- Wed9°11°0.2 mm21 km/h W
- Thu10°11°6.7 mm26 km/h SE
- Fri6°11°3.7 mm13 km/h W
- Sat5°8°4.6 mm16 km/h NW
- Sun5°8°0.5 mm15 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.
Camping & parking near Lough Erne
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lough Erne, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.7 km S
Nearest caravan site
Clareview Caravan Park
Nearest campsite
Castle Archdale
Nearest hut
Bubble Dome
All mapped places 11
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.7 km S |
| Parking | 2.9 km S |
| Parking | 3.3 km NNW |
| Clareview Caravan ParkCaravan site | 4.5 km ENE |
| Castle ArchdaleCampsite | 4.9 km E |
| Castle Archdale Caravan ParkCaravan site | 5.0 km E |
| Caravan site | 6.0 km SSE |
| Bubble DomeHut | 6.2 km NW |
| Bubble DomeHut | 6.2 km NW |
| Bubble DomeHut | 6.2 km NW |
| Campsite | 7.3 km SE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.3% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 330 m low point 42 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 10 km; 494 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Blue Damselfly11
- Hart's-tongue fern11
- Marsh Thistle11
- Wilson's Filmy-fern11
- Wood anemone11
- Mute Swan10
Where Lough Erne sits
- Region
- United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
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- 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)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)