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Mountain · Mountains of East Kerry · County Kerry

Torc Mountain

535 m1,755 ft

Prominence: 298 m979 ft
Isolation: 2.2 km
Tonight: 6°CHeavy rain · Wind 31 km/h S

Torc Mountain is a 535 m (1,755 ft) mountain in the Mountains of East Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland.

All facts

Elevation: 535 m · 1,755 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mangerton Mountain (838 m)
Range: Mountains of East Kerry
Region: County Kerry, Ireland
Protected area: Killarney National Park
Coordinates: 51.9979° N, 9.5210° W

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3D map

Torc Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Torc 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Torc Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Torc Mountain weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 6°C (43°F) · 12.1 mm · Wind 31 km/h S

Torc Mountain forecast for the summit, about 535 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 17 m.

Tonight6°12.1 mm31 km/h SBase 9°
Sat6°12°17.4 mm42 km/h WBase 9 / 15°
Sun6°9°5.8 mm32 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
Mon6°12°20.0 mm35 km/h SBase 9 / 16°
Tue7°9°1.1 mm26 km/h WBase 10 / 12°
Wed8°12°0.2 mm15 km/h SWBase 11 / 15°
Thu7°10°8.3 mm30 km/h SEBase 10 / 13°
Fri2°9°5.4 mm13 km/h NBase 5 / 12°
Sat2°7°0.7 mm17 km/h NWBase 5 / 10°
Sun1°6°0.6 mm9 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Torc Mountain

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

Nearest parking
0.9 km NNE
+2 more within 1.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Flesk Camping
5.3 km NNE · +1 more within 7.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Donoghue's White Villa Farm Caravan Park
7.2 km NE
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.9 km NNE
Parking	1.0 km NW
Parking	1.2 km ENE
Flesk CampingCampsite	5.3 km NNE
Fleming's White Bridge Caravan and Camping ParkCampsite	7.1 km NNE
Donoghue's White Villa Farm Caravan ParkCaravan site	7.2 km NE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 70% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

70.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

24.0%

Steep, 30–45°

5.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.7%

Steeper than 30°: 5.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 819 m low point 17 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 53.8%Trees 31.5%Water 14.4%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 649 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Rook103
European Robin65
Deer fern63
Pontic Rhododendron62
European holly61
Hart's-tongue fern54

Where it sits

Where Torc Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gap of DunloePass · 241 m8.1 km WNW

Downloads

Torc Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 529 m at the summit; the official height is 535 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	535 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	529 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	523 m	-12 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)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Torc Mountain

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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