Turlough Hill Mountain
Turlough Hill is a man-made lake that sits at an elevation of 681 meters. Turlough Hill is a pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. This implies that when there’s a peak energy requirement on the ESB electrical grid, the ESB can generate energy by releasing water from the highest lake down the tunnels and previous the generators to fulfill the ability demand. More data on this superb energy technology plant could be discovered right here. The high lake form is a really recognisable construction and it appears to be seen from nearly all of Wicklow different mountains.
Walk key data
- Start point- The stroll begins right here
- Length- 6 km out and again
- Duration- 2hours quarter-hour
- Buggy Friendly- Yes, an entry street to the tip.
- Summit- No actual summit however there’s an possibility for mountain climbing on the finish
- Is there entry to the highest lake?- No the lake is fenced off and can’t be considered
- Elevation gain- 450m to 650m on the summit
Buggy pleasant mountain walks
The stroll begins on the high automobile park right here. There is a small boardwalk over to a pleasant timber decking viewing level, which gives a pleasant view down the Wicklow valley.
We deliberate to stroll the entry street as much as the highest lake and stroll to the highest of the excessive level of 681 meters. We had by no means walked this route earlier than however love exploring new mountain climbing trails in Wicklow.
At the beginning of the stroll, the roadway is blocked off by a site visitors barrier however there’s a small footpath to either side of the barrier. Unfortunately, the footpath isn’t large enough for a buggy, however they do match with a small little bit of manoeuvring.
As we now have a 4.5 small grownup, and a pair of.5-year-old toddler and a 7-week previous child, we have to be strolling buggy-friendly walks, till the climate improves at the very least. We are ready till our 7-week previous child turns into extra snug in her child mountain climbing provider earlier than leaving the buggies behind. We may also intention to stroll Kippure and Mount Leinster within the coming weeks, climate allowing.
The street tarmac floor is basically clean and excellent buggy strolling situations for a sleeping 7-week previous child.
Starting the stroll up the Wicklow mountains
The stroll begins by strolling up a gradual slope till we attain a pointy nook and viewing level over the decrease lake. The kids liked trying over the decrease lake.
The stroll acquired steeper from right here however the children have been loving the views of the Wicklow mountains. The greater we acquired, so did the wind. Make positive that you’ve sufficient garments or windbreakers to maintain the children heat.
We observe the street the entire means till we attain a crossroads. We proceed straight right here. The street then turns to the rear of the lake and we get superb views of Lugnaquilla and the south of County Wicklow.
We deserted the buggies at this level and walked to the correct up in direction of the very best level. This takes us 10 minutes with the kids but it surely supplied us with a pleasant little stroll on the finish of the Buggy pleasant stroll.
Turlough Hill buggy-friendly stroll Map
Turlough hill stroll abstract
A pleasant buggy-friendly stroll that provides nice views of Tonelagee, Lugnaquilla and the Great Sugarloaf. There isn’t any actual summit on the high however we did get superb views and had some nice household time collectively.