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County WicklowSeen from a distance, not walked to
Lough Tay
Loch Té
Lough Tay lies in a steep valley between Luggala and Djouce in the Wicklow Mountains. Its Irish name is Loch Té. The pale strand at its southern end and the dark water behind it are what gave it the nickname it is usually searched under.
Getting to the water
The lake and the ground around it belong to the Luggala estate, which states that there is no right of way across it and no access to Lough Tay. The water is looked at rather than walked to, and this site's own measurement agrees: no public road or path comes within sixty metres of any part of the shore.Luggala Estate, source, read on 2026-09-20
Where it is seen from. The Military Road above the lake, at the point where it meets the Wicklow Way. The estate also names Ballinastoe Woods and the J B Malone memorial as places the lake can be seen from.Visit Wicklow, source, read on 2026-09-20
- The estate is a working estate and access can be closed on any day without notice.Luggala Estate, source, read on 2026-09-20
- Dogs and bicycles are not allowed on the estate.Luggala Estate, source, read on 2026-09-20
- Groups are asked to write to the estate before coming.Luggala Estate, source, read on 2026-09-20
The estate states that there are no toilets, no drinking water, no bins and no mobile coverage.Luggala Estate, source, read on 2026-09-20
49 ha
of water
2.9 km
of shore
0
stretches of shore a way reaches
4
viewpoints within 2.5 km
- Area
- 49 ha measured from the mapped outline
- Shore
- 2.9 km around the outline
- County
- County Wicklow
- In Irish
- Loch Té
- Public access
- Seen from a distance, not walked toFrom the people who manage it
- On the map
- OpenStreetMap record
Where it is
The pin sits from the middle of the water, and every distance on this page is measured from that same point. The other pins are the nearest lakes in County Wicklow.
Directions in
Parking, viewpoints and stops
Everything here is measured from the middle of the water. 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
- An unnamed viewpoint710 m
- An unnamed viewpoint970 m
- An unnamed viewpoint1.0 km
- An unnamed viewpoint1.3 km
Nearest stops
No bus stop or station is mapped within two kilometres.
Getting to Lough Tay
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 Tay is in Roundwood, County Wicklow. The only point the map gives for this lake is the middle of the water, and no public way was found reaching its shore. Routes below stop where they can and say where that is.
Roundwood is the nearest settlement, 5.5 km south-east of the lake. Arriving in Roundwood is not arriving at the water, so the journeys below are worked out to the water and say so when they cannot reach it.
Stops near it
No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Lough Tay. On-demand services may not be included.
Getting to Roundwood covers the journeys into the town itself.
The nearest other lakes
Ordered by distance from the middle of the water, in a straight line, which is the same point and the same measure as the figures beside them.
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Questions people ask
Can you walk to Lough Tay?
The lake and the ground around it belong to the Luggala estate, which states that there is no right of way across it and no access to Lough Tay. The water is looked at rather than walked to, and this site's own measurement agrees: no public road or path comes within sixty metres of any part of the shore. Checked against Luggala Estate on 2026-09-20.
How big is Lough Tay?
49 ha, with 2.9 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 Lough Tay?
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 Lough Tay without a car?
No scheduled bus or train in the national timetable reaches Roundwood, 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 Q3074707.
- 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.
- What the managers say
- Lough Tay Visit Wicklow, read 2026-09-20Luggala Estate Luggala Estate, read 2026-09-20Each claim above carries the day a person opened its source. Rebuilding this page does not check anything again.