Lake · Ireland

Lough Rea

78 m256 ft

Area: 2.98 km²
Tonight: 8°CRain showers · Wind 43 km/h SW

Lough Rea is a lake at 78 m above sea level in Ireland, 2.98 km² in area and 2.8 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 78 m
Length: 2.8 km
Shoreline: 9.8 km

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Lake

Lough Rea in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 9.8 km≈2½ h to walk around

3D map

Lough Rea 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.8 × 4.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lough Rea 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 Rea 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 Rea weather

Today · Rain · 8 / 16°C (46 / 61°F) · 13.0 mm · Wind 43 km/h SW

Lough Rea forecast for about 78 m.

Today8°16°13.0 mm43 km/h SW
Tue8°10°6.0 mm37 km/h W
Wed10°14°0.4 mm28 km/h SW
Thu10°13°2.4 mm34 km/h SE
Fri3°12°–14 km/h NW
Sat4°8°–6 km/h SW
Sun2°9°–8 km/h E
Mon5°9°–13 km/h SE
Tue5°10°–27 km/h SE
Wed6°10°0.1 mm21 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 26, 11:20 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lough Rea

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

Nearest parking
Playground Car Park
1.1 km N · +2 more within 1.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Playground Car ParkParking	1.1 km N
Parking	1.2 km NNE
Parking	1.3 km E

Slope

Share of the 4.8 × 4.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 23 km² view
Relief in view: 99 m low point 65 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 73.5%Water 13.2%Trees 7.1%Built-up 5.5%Cropland 0.7%

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 2.4 km; 238 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Cuckooflower11
Mallard10
Ivy-leaved toadflax9
Wall-rue9
Great stinging nettle8
Common silverweed8

Where it sits

Where Lough Rea sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lough CorribLake · 6 m56 km WNW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLough Rea satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2025 (scene 2025-08-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Lough Rea

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking