Oorid Lough

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Oorid Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway. ()

Length: 6234 ftWidth: 2625 ftElevation: 148 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°27'12"N, 9°36'41"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Glendollagh Lough, Castlekirk, Lissoughter, Lough Inagh.

5.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glendollagh Lough, Recess
140 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.
4.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Castlekirk
124 min walk • Castlekirk, also called Hen's Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in Lough Corrib, Ireland.
4.9 miNW
Mountain
Lissoughter, Recess
125 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.
6.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Inagh
176 min walk • Lough Inagh is a freshwater lake in the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland.
7.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Letterbreckaun
185 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.
2.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Binn Mhór
57 min walk • Binn Mhór is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 661 metres, it is the third-highest of the Maumturks, the 140th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 171st-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Corcogemore
62 min walk • Corcogemore at 609 metres, is the 208th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 253rd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
1.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maumturks
49 min walk • The Maumturks or Maamturks is a long, broadly-straight mountain range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section, located in Connemara in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The range lies opposite the Twelve Bens, on the other side of the Inagh Valley.
5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Binn idir an dá Log
127 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.
1.7 miE
Lake
Lough Shindilla
45 min walk • Lough Shindilla is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
3.4 miE
Lake
Ardderry Lough
86 min walk • Ardderry Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.