- Elevation
- 187 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- NOC Ireland West Airport Knock73 km
- SNN Shannon Airport104 km
About Maumturk Mountains
Maumturk Mountains is a mountain. Location: County Galway, Connacht. Elevation: 187 m.
The Maumturks or Maamturks (Irish: Sléibhte Mhám Toirc; mountains of the boar's pass) is a mountain range in Connemara, County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It is a long, broadly-straight range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section. The Maumturks lie east of the Twelve Bens, on the other side of Lough Inagh and the Inagh Valley (a Western Way route).
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Photos of Maumturk Mountains
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Director at the Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin · Public domain -
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Lissoughter Conor Lawless · CC BY 2.0 -
Derryclare Bernd Thaller · CC BY 2.0
Climate of Maumturk Mountains
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 161 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 18°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- January (162 mm)
- Driest month
- April (82 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 162 | 106 | 122 | 82 | 94 | 86 | 91 | 115 | 137 | 158 | 161 | 159 |
How to get to Maumturk Mountains
The nearest airport is Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), 73 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Limerick, 119 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) Charlestown 73 kmnortheast
- Shannon Airport (SNN) Shannon 104 kmsoutheast
- Kerry Airport (KIR) Farranfore 149 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Limerick Population: 102.3K 119 kmsoutheast
- Cork Population: 224K 198 kmsoutheast
- Dublin Population: 1M 230 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 275 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Maumturk Mountains
Within 100 km: 157 historic and cultural sites, 477 natural sites, 1,135 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km309 places
- Hare Island Island 18 kmE
- Crump Island Island 23 kmNW
- Crow Island Island 18 kmS
- Illaunmore Island 18 kmS
25–60 km722 places
- Gorumna Island Island 28 kmS
- Inisheer Island 52 kmS
- Inishlyre Island 34 kmN
- Dooniver Strand Beach 56 kmN
60–100 km738 places
- White Strand Beach 86 kmS
- Pig Island Island 91 kmN
- Mutton Island Island 79 kmS
- Kid Island Island 91 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
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Culog Mountain, County Galway1.9 km NE
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Barrslievenaroy East Top Mountain, County Galway2.2 km E
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Binn Bhriocain NE Top Mountain, County Galway2.5 km NW
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Lissoughter Mountain, County Galway3.9 km S
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Letterbrickaun Mountain, County Galway2.6 km NW
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Binn Chaonaig North Top Mountain, County Galway3.2 km E
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Binn Chaonaigh Mountain, County Galway3.2 km SE
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Taobh Dubh Mountain, County Galway4.1 km NE
Sources & licences
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