Lough Atalia
Loch an tSáile
Lough Atalia covers 42 ha with 5.1 km of shore in County Galway, 850 m south-west of Galway.
A public road or path on the map comes within 4 m of the shore, along about 1.3 km of it, and there are 3 more stretches like it elsewhere on the shore. 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.
- Area
- 42 ha measured from the mapped outline
- Shore
- 5.1 km around the outline
- County
- County Galway
- In Irish
- Loch an tSáile
- Public access
- A public way reaches the shoreMeasured from the map, not from a statement of permission
- On the map
- OpenStreetMap record
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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 Galway.
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.
An unnamed car park is 170 m away, and the walk from it to the shore is 550 m along mapped paths. The map records a charge.
- An unnamed viewpoint1.2 km
- Salmon Weir Bridge1.2 km
- An unnamed viewpoint1.4 km
- An unnamed viewpoint1.4 km
- Connacht Rugby100 m
- Connacht Rugby150 m
- Loyola Park260 m
- Loyola Park270 m
Getting to Lough Atalia
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 worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Lough Atalia is in Galway, County Galway. Routes here end at the stretch of shore a public way reaches, which this site measured on the ground. A car park is recorded 554 m from the water, about 7 minutes on foot.
The nearest scheduled stop is Dexcom Stadium (523681), 100 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Dexcom Stadium 100 m
buses 409, 401, 404 and 425AScheduled departures from this stop
- Loyola Park 250 m
buses 409, 401, 404 and 425AScheduled departures from this stop
- College Road 280 m
buses 409, 401, 404, 425A and NG05Scheduled departures from this stop
- L Mellows Trce 420 m
buses 405 and 402Scheduled departures from this stop
- Bohermore Cmy 460 m
buses 405 and 402Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Galway 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.
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Where this comes from
- The lake itself
- The outline, the name and the identifiers are OpenStreetMap records. Correct it there Figures marked Wikidata come from Q33281801.
- 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.