Purple Mountain
- Prominence
- 595 m1,950 ft
- Isolation
- 4.3 km
- Tonight
- 4°CHeavy rain · Wind 31 km/h S
Purple Mountain is an 832 m (2,730 ft) mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 832 m · 2,730 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Cruach Mhór (932 m)
- Region
- County Kerry, Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.0079° N, 9.6219° W
Purple Mountain 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.4 × 6.4 km
Purple Mountain terrain and contours
50 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.
Purple Mountain elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Purple Mountain weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 4°C (39°F) · 12.8 mm · Wind 31 km/h S
Purple Mountain forecast for the summit, about 832 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 17 m.
- Tonight4°12.8 mm31 km/h SBase 9°
- Sat5°10°18.4 mm43 km/h WBase 10 / 15°
- Sun4°7°6.1 mm31 km/h SBase 9 / 12°
- Mon4°11°20.7 mm35 km/h SBase 9 / 16°
- Tue5°7°1.2 mm28 km/h WBase 10 / 12°
- Wed6°10°0.3 mm15 km/h SEBase 11 / 15°
- Thu5°8°8.8 mm30 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
- Fri0°7°7.1 mm13 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
- Sat0°5°0.9 mm17 km/h NWBase 5 / 10°
- Sun-1°4°0.5 mm8 km/h NWBase 4 / 9°
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.
Slope
Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 10.1% of the 41 km² view
- Relief in view
- 812 m low point 17 m
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 3.2 km, measured from the Purple Mountain summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Shehy Mountain762 m 1.6 km ENE
- 2Tomies Mountain735 m 1.8 km NNE
- 3Tomies Mountain North Top568 m 2.3 km N
- 4Cnoc na dTarbh655 m 2.4 km W
- 5Drishana464 m 2.5 km SW
- 6Cnoc an Bhráca731 m 2.8 km W
Where Purple Mountain sits
- Region
- County Kerry17Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby places
Purple Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 829 m at the summit; the official height is 832 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 832 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 829 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 819 m | -13 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)
- 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