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County Longford

Glen Lough

Glen Lough covers 67 ha with 4.5 km of shore in County Longford, 3.2 km east of Rathowen.

Getting to the water

A public road or path on the map comes within 33 m of the shore, along about 100 m of it. That is what the map contains. It is not a statement that the public may walk there, because OpenStreetMap does not record permission, and nobody has checked this lake against its owner.

67 ha
of water
4.5 km
of shore
1
stretch of shore a way reaches
Area
67 ha measured from the mapped outline
Shore
4.5 km around the outline
County
County Longford
Public access
A public way reaches the shoreMeasured from the map, not from a statement of permission
On the map
OpenStreetMap record

No openly licensed photograph of Glen Lough was found. Rather than show a picture of somewhere else, this page shows none.

Where it is

The pin sits from the main access point on the shore, and every distance on this page is measured from that same point. The other pins are the nearest lakes in County Longford.

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Parking, viewpoints and stops

Everything here is measured from the main access point on the shore. A viewpoint is a place that looks at the lake, which is not the same as a place on it.

Parking

No mapped car park within two kilometres has a walking route to this shore. That is a gap in the map rather than a statement that there is nowhere to park.

Viewpoints

None mapped within 2.5 km.

Nearest stops

No bus stop or station is mapped within two kilometres.

Getting to Glen Lough

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About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works
Destination, access and nearby stops

Glen Lough is in Rathowen, County Westmeath. Routes here end at the stretch of shore a public way reaches, which this site measured on the ground.

Rathowen is the nearest settlement, 3.2 km east of the lake. Arriving in Rathowen is not arriving at the water, so the journeys below are worked out to the water and say so when they cannot reach it.
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Stops near it

No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Glen Lough. On-demand services may not be included.

Getting to Rathowen covers the journeys into the town itself.

The nearest other lakes

Ordered by distance from the main access point on the shore, in a straight line, which is the same point and the same measure as the figures beside them.

Questions people ask

Can you walk to Glen Lough?
A public road or path comes within 33 m of the shore, along about 100 m of it. That is what the map shows; it is not a statement of permission, which the map does not record.
How big is Glen Lough?
67 ha, with 4.5 km of shore, measured from the outline OpenStreetMap holds, which is made of 2 records merged into one lake here.
Where can you park for Glen Lough?
The map records no car park within two kilometres that a walking route reaches. That is a gap in the map rather than a statement that there is nowhere to park.
How do you get to Glen Lough without a car?
No scheduled bus or train in the national timetable reaches Rathowen, the nearest settlement.

Where this comes from

The lake itself
The outline, the name and the identifiers are OpenStreetMap records, 2 of them merged here into one lake. Correct it there Figures marked Wikidata come from Q33255638.
What this site measured
The area and the shore are worked out from that outline. The stretches of shore a way reaches, the walk in from a car park and every distance on this page are worked out here, on this site’s own graph of the OpenStreetMap ways, last built on 2026-09-20. These are this site’s calculations, not the map’s, and a mistake in them is a mistake here.