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Lake · County Mayo

Lough Mask

16 m52 ft
Area
81 km²
Max depth
58 m
Tonight
8°CHeavy rain · Wind 35 km/h S

Lough Mask is a lake at 16 m above sea level in County Mayo, Ireland, 81 km² in area and 22.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
16 m
Length
22.2 km
Shoreline
259.8 km
Open the 3D view
3D map

Lough Mask 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lough Mask topographic map

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 centre

Lough Mask elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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

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

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Lake

Lough Mask in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

22.2 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
259.8 km
Weather

Lough Mask weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 8°C (46°F) · 13.7 mm · Wind 35 km/h S

Lough Mask forecast for about 16 m.

  • Tonight8°13.7 mm35 km/h S
  • Sat8°13°16.9 mm50 km/h W
  • Sun7°10°8.3 mm42 km/h W
  • Mon8°14°35.1 mm46 km/h S
  • Tue8°10°4.8 mm30 km/h W
  • Wed10°13°0.4 mm19 km/h SW
  • Thu9°12°10.4 mm29 km/h SE
  • Fri5°11°5.6 mm13 km/h N
  • Sat5°9°1.2 mm9 km/h NW
  • Sun4°8°0.2 mm16 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lough Mask

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking1.5 km N
Parking2.5 km WSW
Parking3.4 km N
Campsite7.1 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 90% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
89.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
8.0%
Steep, 30–45°
2.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
2.3% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
663 m low point -6 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 65.4%Water 22.6%Trees 11.3%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 184 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common hawthorn7
  • Ringlet5
  • Early Purple Orchid5
  • European Common Frog4
  • European beech4
  • Small Tortoiseshell4
Where it sits

Where Lough Mask sits

Region
County Mayo5Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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 2026-07-16)
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