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Lough Owel

96 m315 ft
Area
10 km²
Max depth
30 m
Tonight
7°CLight rain · Wind 45 km/h W

Lough Owel is a lake at 96 m above sea level in County Westmeath, Ireland, 10 km² in area and 6.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
96 m
Length
6.2 km
Shoreline
21.8 km
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Lake

Lough Owel in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

6.2 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
21.8 km≈5½ h to walk around
3D map

Lough Owel 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.2 × 8.2 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lough Owel 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.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lough Owel 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.
Weather

Lough Owel weather

Today · Light rain at night · 7 / 11°C (45 / 52°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 45 km/h W

Lough Owel forecast for about 96 m.

  • Today7°11°2.0 mm45 km/h W
  • Mon8°16°10.5 mm43 km/h SW
  • Tue8°10°3.7 mm35 km/h W
  • Wed8°13°0.4 mm25 km/h SW
  • Thu9°13°8.1 mm30 km/h SE
  • Fri9°13°18.6 mm29 km/h SE
  • Sat6°11°–16 km/h W
  • Sun7°12°0.1 mm11 km/h SW
  • Mon8°10°0.4 mm8 km/h E
  • Tue6°11°0.5 mm12 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, 11:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lough Owel

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking1.5 km E
Parking2.2 km SSE
Parking2.5 km E
Campsite6.7 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.2 × 8.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 67 km² view
Relief in view
141 m low point 57 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 61.2%Water 15.2%Trees 14.2%Cropland 7.7%Built-up 1.5%

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 4.1 km; 56 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Round-leaved wintergreen7
  • Gorse3
  • Green-veined White3
  • Cuckooflower3
  • European holly2
  • Brooklime2
Where it sits

Where Lough Owel sits

Region
Ireland108Europe2,151
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lough Owel 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 2024 (scene 2024-09-06)
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
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