Derryclare Lough, Recess

Name: Derryclare Lough
Address: Recess, Ireland

#3 among attractions in Recess

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Derryclare Lough is a freshwater lake at the entrance of the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland. ()

Length: 2.49 miWidth: 3281 ftElevation: 33 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°28'28"N, 9°46'10"W

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Derryclare Lough – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glendollagh Lough, Benbaun, Lissoughter, Bencorr.

1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glendollagh Lough, Recess
33 min walk • Glendollagh Lough, also known as Garrowman Lough, is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
4.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Benbaun, Connemara National Park
105 min walk • Benbaun at 729 metres, is the 72nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 88th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
2.2 miE
Mountain
Lissoughter, Recess
56 min walk • Lissoughter at 401 metres, does not qualify to be an Arderin or a Vandeleur-Lynam, however, its prominence of 336 metres ranks it as a Marilyn.
2.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencorr
56 min walk • Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in Galway, Ireland.
2.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twelve Bens
62 min walk • The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.
2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Inagh
71 min walk • Lough Inagh is a freshwater lake in the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Letterbreckaun
115 min walk • Letterbreckaun is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencollaghduff
83 min walk • Bencollaghduff at 696 metres, is the 93rd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 115th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Binn idir an dá Log
120 min walk • Binn idir an Dá Log, sometimes anglicized Benadolug, at 702 metres, is the highest of the Maumturk Mountains in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. It is at the middle of the long north-west to south-east central spine of the range.
5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Binn Chaonaigh
128 min walk • Binn Chaonaigh is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 633 metres, it is the fourth-highest of the Maumturks, the 185th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 223rd-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
7.6 miSW
Island
Inishnee
195 min walk • Inishnee is a small island off the shore of Ireland, in Roundstone Bay near the village of Roundstone in Connemara in County Galway. The island is equipped with a lighthouse. As of 2011, it had a population of 43.