Mount Leinster
- Easiest route
- 5.0 km+500 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 732 m2,401 ft
- Isolation
- 44 km
- Tonight
- 2°CRain · Wind 19 km/h S
Mount Leinster is a 796 m (2,612 ft) mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 796 m · 2,612 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Lugnaquilla (925 m)
- Range
- Blackstairs Mountains
- Region
- Ireland
- Spanish name
- Monte Leinster
- Coordinates
- 52.6179° N, 6.7798° W
How to get to the top of Mount Leinster
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.5 km E of Mount Leinster
- Distance
- 5.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +500 m−54 m (1,640 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Leinster 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km
Mount Leinster terrain and contours
25 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 Leinster weather
Tonight · Rain · 2°C (36°F) · 2.5 mm · Wind 19 km/h S
Mount Leinster forecast for the summit, about 796 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 253 m.
- Tonight2°2.5 mm19 km/h SBase 6°
- Today3°10°12.3 mm45 km/h SBase 6 / 13°
- Sun2°7°4.8 mm40 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
- Mon6°11°7.9 mm40 km/h SBase 9 / 14°
- Tue4°6°0.1 mm33 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
- Wed4°9°0.1 mm21 km/h WBase 7 / 13°
- Thu6°8°3.9 mm24 km/h SEBase 9 / 11°
- Fri4°9°18.7 mm22 km/h SEBase 7 / 12°
- Sat-1°4°1.4 mm14 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
- Sun-2°4°–19 km/h NWBase 2 / 7°
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 Leinster
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Leinster, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.3 km NNW
How steep is the route to Mount Leinster?
The easiest mapped route, 5.0 km from 341 m to 796 m. Steepest stretch: 18°.
- 0–15°4.7 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 3.5 km, measured from the Mount Leinster summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Moats of Craan657 m 1.8 km E
- 2Knockroe539 m 3.0 km SSW
- 3Clorogue Beg378 m 3.0 km SE
- 4Slievenamon525 m 3.1 km NW
Where Mount Leinster sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount Leinster downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 792 m at the summit; the official height is 796 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 796 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 792 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 788 m | -8 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 2025 (scene 2025-04-09)
- 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, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia