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Mountain · MacGillycuddy's Reeks · County Kerry

The Big Gun

939 m3,081 ft

Prominence: 74 m243 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: 4°CHeavy rain · Wind 35 km/h S

The Big Gun is a 939 m (3,081 ft) mountain in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 939 m · 3,081 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cnoc na Péiste (988 m)
Range: MacGillycuddy's Reeks
Region: County Kerry, Ireland
Coordinates: 52.0037° N, 9.6885° W

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3D map

The Big Gun 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

The Big Gun 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

The Big Gun elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

The Big Gun weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 4°C (39°F) · 13.0 mm · Wind 35 km/h S

The Big Gun forecast for the summit, about 939 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 34 m.

Tonight4°13.0 mm35 km/h SBase 9°
Today4°9°18.9 mm40 km/h WBase 10 / 15°
Sun3°6°9.4 mm31 km/h WBase 9 / 12°
Mon3°10°24.6 mm35 km/h SBase 9 / 15°
Tue5°6°1.9 mm30 km/h WBase 10 / 11°
Wed5°9°0.5 mm16 km/h SEBase 11 / 15°
Thu5°7°10.0 mm31 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
Fri-1°6°7.3 mm13 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
Sat0°5°0.8 mm18 km/h NWBase 5 / 10°
Sun-1°4°0.6 mm9 km/h NWBase 5 / 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near The Big Gun

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around The Big Gun, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Cronin's Yard
2.6 km NNW · +2 more within 3.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Cronin's Yard Camping
2.6 km NNW
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Cronin's YardParking	2.6 km NNW
Cronin's Yard CampingCampsite	2.6 km NNW
LisleibaneParking	2.9 km NNW
Parking	3.1 km E

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

42.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.7%

Steep, 30–45°

18.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.3%

Steeper than 30°: 21.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 943 m low point 34 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 95.4%Trees 3.5%Water 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the The Big Gun summit.

Summit list 7

1Cnoc na Péiste988 m 0.8 km SW
2Maolán Buí969 m 1.3 km SW
3Cnoc an Bhráca731 m 1.9 km ENE
4Cnoc an Chuillinn East Top923 m 1.9 km SW
5Cnoc na dTarbh655 m 2.1 km E
6Cnoc an Chuillinn955 m 2.3 km SW
7Brassel Mountain575 m 2.7 km SSW

Where it sits

Where The Big Gun sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Purple MountainPeak · 832 m4.6 km E

The Big Gun downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGThe Big Gun satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-29.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

17 m low This 3D map reads 922 m at the summit; the official height is 939 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	939 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	922 m	-17 m
Copernicus GLO-90	945 m	+6 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)
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 · Wikipedia

The Big Gun

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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