Slieve League
- Easiest route
- 2.2 km+277 m · about 1 h · T2
- Prominence
- 479 m1,571 ft
- Isolation
- 36 km
- Tonight
- 5°CHeavy rain · Wind 45 km/h S
Slieve League is a 601 m (1,972 ft) mountain in County Donegal, Ireland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 601 m · 1,972 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Tievebaun Mountain (611 m)
- Region
- County Donegal, Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.6513° N, 8.7069° W
How to get to the top of Slieve League
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 1.8 km ESE of Slieve League
- Distance
- 2.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +277 m−32 m (909 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 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.
Slieve League 3D map
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Slieve League terrain and contours
20 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
Slieve League weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 5°C (41°F) · 7.2 mm · Wind 45 km/h S
Slieve League forecast for the summit, about 601 m.
- Tonight5°7.2 mm45 km/h S
- Sat5°9°22.5 mm83 km/h W
- Sun4°7°3.4 mm69 km/h NW
- Mon4°11°27.4 mm49 km/h S
- Tue7°7°8.1 mm50 km/h W
- Wed7°9°1.4 mm27 km/h W
- Thu7°9°8.1 mm36 km/h SE
- Fri4°8°3.8 mm17 km/h N
- Sat3°6°7.5 mm23 km/h NW
- Sun4°6°1.5 mm19 km/h NW
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Slieve League
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Slieve League, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.3 km ESE
Nearest caravan site
4.2 km ESE
Nearest campsite
Sliabh Liag Camping
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.3 km ESE |
| Parking | 3.2 km ESE |
| Parking | 3.2 km ESE |
| Caravan site | 4.2 km ESE |
| Sliabh Liag CampingCampsite | 4.3 km ESE |
| Caravan site | 4.3 km ESE |
| Derrylahan HostelCampsite | 5.5 km ESE |
How steep is the route to Slieve League?
The easiest mapped route, 2.2 km from 346 m to 601 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°2.1 km
- 15–30°0.2 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 65 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common heather13
- Common Butterwort5
- Northern Gannet4
- Round-leaved sundew4
- Northern Wheatear3
- Lawn daisy3
Where Slieve League sits
- Region
- County Donegal5Ireland107Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Slieve League downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 594 m at the summit; the official height is 601 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 601 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 594 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 593 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 2026 (scene 2026-08-24)
- 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