Northern Ireland

Slieve Loughshannagh

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
617 m · 2,024 ft
Grid reference
J 29459 27207
Coordinates
54.17753, -6.01810
County / area
Newry, Mourne and Down
OS Landranger
29
Summit feature
not recorded
Key col
J297274 (516 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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Civil twilight ends

Computed astronomically for 54.178, -6.018. 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 not recorded. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Trimble GeoXH 6000
Record revised
08-Feb-15
Drop measured from
J297274 · 516 m

Classification history: summit surveyed as 617.0m.

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

3 waymarked long-distance routes run 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 over the top
Ulster Way 1046 km 1.6 km
St Patrick's Way: The Pilgrim Walk 143 km 1.6 km

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

Which hill this one belongs to

Slieve Loughshannagh is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Slieve Meelbeg (702 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 516 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
Slieve Meelbeg 701.9 m 0.9 km
Slieve Meelmore 687 m 1.9 km
Slieve Bearnagh 739 m 2 km
Slieve Muck 670.4 m 2.6 km
Slievelamagan 702.2 m 3.6 km
Slieve Binnian North Tor 682 m 3.6 km