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Lake · County Kerry

Lough Leane

17 m56 ft
Area
20 km²
Tonight
9°CHeavy rain · Wind 33 km/h S

Lough Leane is a lake at 17 m above sea level in County Kerry, Ireland, 20 km² in area and 8.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
17 m
Length
8.3 km
Shoreline
55.9 km
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Lake

Lough Leane in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

8.3 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
55.9 km
3D map

Lough Leane 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.3 × 10.3 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lough Leane terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lough Leane elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lough Leane weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 9°C (48°F) · 12.3 mm · Wind 33 km/h S

Lough Leane forecast for about 17 m.

  • Tonight9°12.3 mm33 km/h S
  • Today10°15°18.7 mm39 km/h W
  • Sun9°12°8.5 mm31 km/h W
  • Mon9°15°23.0 mm35 km/h S
  • Tue10°12°1.2 mm28 km/h W
  • Wed11°15°0.3 mm15 km/h SE
  • Thu10°13°8.8 mm30 km/h SE
  • Fri5°12°7.1 mm13 km/h N
  • Sat5°10°0.9 mm17 km/h NW
  • Sun4°9°0.5 mm8 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

Camping & parking near Lough Leane

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.4 km E

    +2 more within 2.3 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Flesk Camping

    3.5 km E · +2 more within 4.1 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Donoghue's White Villa Farm Caravan Park

    6.6 km E

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km E
Parking1.4 km E
Parking2.3 km NNW
Flesk CampingCampsite3.5 km E
Beech Grove Camping & Caravan ParkCampsite3.9 km NW
Fossa Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite4.1 km NW
Donoghue's White Villa Farm Caravan ParkCaravan site6.6 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 10.3 × 10.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
80.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
16.2%
Steep, 30–45°
3.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
3.3% of the 106 km² view
Relief in view
816 m low point 13 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 48.1%Trees 27.0%Water 21.2%Built-up 3.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.2 km of Lough Leane.

NESW2 km5 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Tomies Mountain735 m 4.4 km WSW
  2. 2Tomies Mountain North Top568 m 4.5 km WSW
  3. 3Shehy Mountain762 m 4.5 km SW
  4. 4Purple Mountain832 m 5.0 km SW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 926 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sika Deer254
  • Rook146
  • Red Deer115
  • European Robin111
  • Mallard91
  • White Wagtail82
Where it sits

Where Lough Leane sits

Region
County Kerry17Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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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 2026 (scene 2026-04-29)
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
Panorama
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia