Lough Oughter
- Area
- 4.61 km²
- Tonight
- 7°CLight rain · Wind 36 km/h W
Lough Oughter is a lake at 46 m above sea level in Ireland, 4.61 km² in area and 5.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 46 m
- Length
- 5.6 km
- Shoreline
- 44.1 km
Lough Oughter in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 44.1 km
Lough Oughter 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.6 × 7.6 km
Lough Oughter terrain and contours
5 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 Oughter elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lough Oughter weather
Today · Light rain at night · 7 / 10°C (45 / 50°F) · 2.2 mm · Wind 36 km/h W
Lough Oughter forecast for about 46 m.
- Today7°10°2.2 mm36 km/h W
- Mon8°15°8.0 mm43 km/h SW
- Tue8°10°3.0 mm32 km/h W
- Wed9°13°0.3 mm24 km/h SW
- Thu9°13°7.7 mm30 km/h SE
- Fri9°13°18.5 mm27 km/h SE
- Sat7°11°0.2 mm14 km/h W
- Sun8°12°0.2 mm12 km/h SW
- Mon8°11°0.1 mm5 km/h E
- Tue5°10°0.5 mm9 km/h E
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 25, 13:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lough Oughter
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lough Oughter, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Bridge Car Park
Nearest campsite
Wildflower Glamping
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.5 km SE |
| Bridge Car ParkParking | 0.5 km NE |
| Killykeen Forest Park car parkParking | 0.7 km E |
| Wildflower GlampingCampsite | 1.8 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 7.6 × 7.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 58 km² view
- Relief in view
- 76 m low point 45 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 3.8 km of Lough Oughter.
Summit list 5
- 1Derries Upper91 m 2.1 km SSW
- 2Snakeel93 m 2.9 km NW
- 3Drummurry95 m 3.6 km SE
- 4Tully92 m 3.7 km ESE
- 5Deralk240 m 3.8 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 87 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Purple loosestrife5
- Grey Heron3
- Mute Swan3
- European Robin3
- White Wagtail3
- Green-veined White3
Where Lough Oughter sits
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-04-07)
- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)