Mweelrea
- Easiest route
- 7.2 km+1,017 m · about 3.5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 777 m2,550 ft
- Isolation
- 52 km
- Tonight
- 4°CHeavy rain · Wind 40 km/h S
Mweelrea is an 814 m (2,671 ft) mountain in County Mayo, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 814 m · 2,671 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Brandon (952 m)
- Region
- County Mayo, Ireland
- Spanish name
- Cnoc Maol Réidh
- Coordinates
- 53.6371° N, 9.8302° W
How to get to the top of Mweelrea
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 5.4 km E of Mweelrea
- Distance
- 7.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,017 m−241 m (3,337 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mweelrea 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.2 × 7.2 km
Mweelrea 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
Mweelrea weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 4°C (39°F) · 17.1 mm · Wind 40 km/h S
Mweelrea forecast for the summit, about 814 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 32 m.
- Tonight4°17.1 mm40 km/h SBase 8°
- Sat4°9°21.6 mm68 km/h WBase 9 / 13°
- Sun3°6°6.4 mm55 km/h NWBase 8 / 10°
- Mon5°10°50.7 mm48 km/h SWBase 9 / 14°
- Tue4°5°8.8 mm39 km/h WBase 9 / 10°
- Wed6°8°1.4 mm20 km/h SWBase 10 / 12°
- Thu5°8°13.1 mm32 km/h SEBase 10 / 12°
- Fri1°7°8.5 mm12 km/h NBase 6 / 11°
- Sat0°4°4.4 mm18 km/h NWBase 6 / 9°
- Sun0°4°1.0 mm17 km/h NWBase 5 / 8°
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 Mweelrea
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mweelrea, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Car Park at Mweelrea
Nearest campsite
Connemara Caravan & Camping Park
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Car Park at MweelreaParking | 3.6 km WNW |
| Glassilaun BeachParking | 3.9 km SW |
| Parking | 4.6 km NE |
| Connemara Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 6.0 km SW |
How steep is the route to Mweelrea?
The easiest mapped route, 7.2 km from 31 m to 814 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.
- 0–15°5.8 km
- 15–30°1.2 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 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 3.6 km, measured from the Mweelrea summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Mweelrea SE Spur495 m 1.5 km SSE
- 2Ben Lugmore West Top790 m 1.8 km ENE
- 3Ben Bury795 m 2.0 km NE
- 4Ben Lugmore803 m 2.3 km ENE
- 5Ben Lugmore East Top790 m 2.6 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 147 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Diaphorodoris luteocincta6
- North Sea Tube Anemone6
- Common Sea Star5
- European lobster4
- Prideaux's Hermit Crab4
- Thin Bubble-shell4
Where Mweelrea sits
- Region
- County Mayo5Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mweelrea downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 811 m at the summit; the official height is 814 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 814 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 811 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 796 m | -18 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 2026-07-16)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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