Lissoughter, Recess

Name: Lissoughter
Address: Recess, Ireland

#2 among attractions in Recess

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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. Lissoughter is an isolated peak, situated between the Twelve Bens and Maumturks mountain ranges, at the southern entrance to the Inagh Valley, in the Connemara National Park, in Recess, County Galway, Ireland. ()

Coordinates: 53°29'1"N, 9°43'7"W

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Lissoughter – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glendollagh Lough, Kylemore Lough, Benbaun, Derryclare Lough.

1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glendollagh Lough, Recess
44 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.
7.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kylemore Lough
195 min walk • Kylemore Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
5.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Benbaun, Connemara National Park
136 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 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Derryclare Lough, Recess
56 min walk • Derryclare Lough is a freshwater lake at the entrance of the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencorr
91 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.
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twelve Bens
101 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.
2.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Inagh
59 min walk • Lough Inagh is a freshwater lake in the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Letterbreckaun
89 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.
3.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Binn Mhór
93 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.
4.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencollaghduff
112 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.
4.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maumturks
125 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.