Ireland summit
Carrauntoohil
You can see 186 km from here, looking north.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 186 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 186 kmFarthest ridgelooking north
- 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 50%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
- 58Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 1,019 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 58 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are from March to April and from September to October.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Febwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Marwestsets on an open horizon26%
- Aprwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset28%
- Maynorth-westsets on an open horizon24%
- Junnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Julnorth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Augnorth-westsets on an open horizon23%
- Sepwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Octwestsets on an open horizon27%
- Novsouth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Decsouth-westsets on an open horizon24%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Carrauntoohil.
Highest mountain in Ireland
Carrauntoohil is a summit in Ireland, 1,019 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 186 km away, looking north.
The sea fills 50% of the horizon.
58 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Mount Brandon (952 m), 44 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from March to April and from September to October.
Get there and stay
- Cronin's Yard Campingcampsite · 4.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Stepping Stone B and Bplace to stay · 3.9 km · 24 within 10 km
- Killorglinnearest town · 12 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in KillorglinBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Kerry Airport (KIR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at KIR airport (Farranfore)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 4other viewpoints within 5 km
- 33named peaks within 5 kmCarrauntoohil, Beenkeragh, Caher and 30 more
- 4marked trails within 3 kmThe Kerry Way, Brother O'Shea's Gully (Cummeenoughter) Route, Devil's Ladder Route and 1 more
- 1shelters and huts within 5 kmEmergency Shelter
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmCronin's Yard Camping, Climbers Inn Camping, The Kerry Bog Village Museum
- 24places to stay within 10 kmStepping Stone B and B, Lough Acoose, Shamrock Farmhouse and 21 more
- cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- visitor centres within 5 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Carrauntoohil, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas120 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas7 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas1 forests and trees within 15 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Carrauntoohil
Ireland
- 85Viewyas Score
- 186 kmFarthest ridge
- 58Peaks in view
- 1,019 mAltitude
Ladies View
Ireland · 11 km
- 50Viewyas Score
- 42 kmFarthest ridge
- 14Peaks in view
- 168 mAltitude
Cliffs of Moher
Ireland · 106 km
- 77Viewyas Score
- 108 kmFarthest ridge
- 43Peaks in view
- 40 mAltitude
Ballyryan
Ireland · 122 km
- 75Viewyas Score
- 115 kmFarthest ridge
- 26Peaks in view
- 40 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q503368) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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