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Mount Brandon
- Easiest route
- 3.5 km+722 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 930 m3,051 ft
- Isolation
- 43 km
- Tonight
- 5°CHeavy rain · Wind 65 km/h S
Mount Brandon is a 952 m (3,123 ft) mountain in the Slieve Mish Mountains, County Kerry, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 952 m · 3,123 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Caher West Top (973 m)
- Range
- Slieve Mish Mountains
- Region
- County Kerry, Ireland
- Spanish name
- Monte Brandon
- Coordinates
- 52.2349° N, 10.2540° W
How to get to the top of Mount Brandon
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.0 km SW of Mount Brandon
- Distance
- 3.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +722 m(2,369 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Brandon 3D map
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Mount Brandon terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Brandon weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 5°C (41°F) · 16.6 mm · Wind 65 km/h S
Mount Brandon forecast for the summit, about 952 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 177 m.
- Tonight5°16.6 mm65 km/h SBase 10°
- Sat5°9°9.7 mm72 km/h WBase 10 / 14°
- Sun4°6°9.6 mm59 km/h NWBase 9 / 11°
- Mon4°10°21.0 mm56 km/h SWBase 9 / 15°
- Tue5°5°4.3 mm41 km/h WBase 10 / 10°
- Wed5°8°1.0 mm25 km/h SBase 10 / 13°
- Thu4°8°8.7 mm39 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
- Fri1°6°3.5 mm14 km/h NBase 6 / 11°
- Sat2°6°1.8 mm25 km/h NWBase 7 / 11°
- Sun1°5°2.9 mm17 km/h NWBase 6 / 10°
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Brandon
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Brandon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.9 km WNW
Nearest campsite
O'Connor's Campsite
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.9 km WNW |
| Parking | 3.1 km SSW |
| Parking | 3.3 km E |
| O'Connor's CampsiteCampsite | 4.9 km E |
How steep is the route to Mount Brandon?
The easiest mapped route, 3.5 km from 225 m to 952 m. Steepest stretch: 25°.
- 0–15°2.9 km
- 15–30°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 3.9 km, measured from the Mount Brandon summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Faha Ridge809 m 0.6 km NE
- 2Benagh823 m 0.9 km ENE
- 3Cnoc Bréanainn (Mullach Thuaidh)895 m 1.0 km N
- 4Brandon South Top790 m 1.2 km SE
- 5Brandon Far North Top840 m 1.3 km N
- 6Pierasmore746 m 2.1 km N
- 7Brandon Peak840 m 2.4 km SSE
- 8Gearhane803 m 2.9 km SSE
- 9Masatiompan762 m 3.0 km N
Where Mount Brandon sits
- Range
- Slieve Mish Mountains3
- Region
- County Kerry17Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Conor Pass410 m↑6.7 km SSE
Mount EaglePeak · 516 m↑18 km SW
KnocknadobarPeak · 690 m↑27 km SSE
CaherconreePeak · 835 m↑28 km E
BaurtregaumPeak · 851 m↑29 km E
More 1
Mount Brandon downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 948 m at the summit; the official height is 952 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 952 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 948 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 938 m | -14 m |
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 2026-04-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison
- 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)