Summit · Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Purple Mountain
- Height
- 832m
- Drop
- 595m
- Lists
- 3
Purple Mountain is a summit in Macgillycuddy's Reeks, 832 m high with 595 m of drop. It's on 3 lists, including The Vandeleur-Lynams, The Marilyns and The Arderins.
Take The Vandeleur-LynamsOn 3 lists
- The Vandeleur-LynamsAll 275 Irish mountains over 600 m with a 15 m drop all round, from Carrauntoohil down.275 places, by Pinhead
- The MarilynsAll 2,007 hills in Britain and Ireland with a 150 m drop all round, whatever their height: from Ben Nevis to sea stacks.2,007 places, by Pinhead
- The ArderinsAll 409 Irish hills over 500 m with a 30 m drop all round, from Carrauntoohil down.409 places, by Pinhead
Tick it off: take any of these and Purple Mountain is on your map, ready to mark as been.
Parking
- Car park1.5 km west, freeDirections
- Car park2.1 km south-west, freeDirections
- Car park2.8 km north, freeDirections
The nearest public car parks as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap. Check the route before you go: the nearest isn't always where the walk starts.
Next hill up
Cruach Mhor, 931 m, 4.6 km west
Nearby
- Purple Mountain NE Top756 m, 1 km away
- Shehy Mountain761 m, 1.6 km away
- Tomies Mountain734 m, 1.8 km away
- Cnoc na dTarbh657 m, 2.4 km away
- Cnoc an Bhraca728 m, 2.8 km away
- Cruach Mhor931 m, 4.6 km away
Distances are as the crow flies.
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