Northern Ireland

Cove Mountain

HewittHuMPSimm

2 classifications here — HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
654.8 m · 2,148 ft
Prominence
101.6 m
Grid reference
J 33664 27081
Coordinates
54.17533, -5.95380
County / area
Newry, Mourne and Down
OS Landranger
29
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
J 3313 2671 (553.2 m)

Access rights here

Permission needed Right to roam: No general right to roam.

Permission needed Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere.

General position for Northern Ireland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Northern Ireland · check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 54.175, -5.954. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Trimble GeoXH 6000
Record revised
31-Oct-22
Drop measured from
J 3313 2671 · 553.2 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Mourne Wall Challenge 31 km 1.4 km

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Which hill this one belongs to

Cove Mountain is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Slievelamagan (702 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 553 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Slievelamagan 702.2 m 1.3 km
Slieve Commedagh 767 m 1.8 km
Slieve Donard 850 m 2.2 km
Slieve Bearnagh 739 m 2.5 km
Slieve Binnian North Tor 682 m 3 km
Chimney Rock Mountain 656 m 3.1 km