Lough Leane
- 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
Lough Leane in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 55.9 km
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
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.
Lough Leane elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest campsite
Flesk Camping
Nearest caravan site
Donoghue's White Villa Farm Caravan Park
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km E |
| Parking | 1.4 km E |
| Parking | 2.3 km NNW |
| Flesk CampingCampsite | 3.5 km E |
| Beech Grove Camping & Caravan ParkCampsite | 3.9 km NW |
| Fossa Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 4.1 km NW |
| Donoghue's White Villa Farm Caravan ParkCaravan site | 6.6 km E |
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°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.3% of the 106 km² view
- Relief in view
- 816 m low point 13 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.2 km of Lough Leane.
Summit list 4
- 1Tomies Mountain735 m 4.4 km WSW
- 2Tomies Mountain North Top568 m 4.5 km WSW
- 3Shehy Mountain762 m 4.5 km SW
- 4Purple Mountain832 m 5.0 km SW
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 Lough Leane sits
- Region
- County Kerry17Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- 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)