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 satisfy the ability demand. More data on this superb energy era plant will 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 highway to the top.
- Summit- No actual summit however there’s an choice 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 automotive park right here. There is a small boardwalk over to a pleasant timber decking viewing level, which offers a pleasant view down the Wicklow valley.
We deliberate to stroll the entry highway 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 visitors barrier however there’s a small footpath to each side of the barrier. Unfortunately, the footpath isn’t sufficiently big 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 must be strolling buggy-friendly walks, till the climate improves a minimum of. We are ready till our 7-week previous child turns into extra comfy in her child mountain climbing service earlier than leaving the buggies behind. We can even intention to stroll Kippure and Mount Leinster within the coming weeks, climate allowing.
The highway tarmac floor is de facto clean and ideal 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 youngsters cherished wanting over the decrease lake.
The stroll bought steeper from right here however the youngsters had been loving the views of the Wicklow mountains. The increased we bought, so did the wind. Make positive that you’ve sufficient garments or windbreakers to maintain the children heat.
We comply with the highway the entire means till we attain a crossroads. We proceed straight right here. The highway 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 precise up in the direction of the best level. This takes us 10 minutes with the youngsters however it 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 offers nice views of Tonelagee, Lugnaquilla and the Great Sugarloaf. There is not any actual summit on the high however we did get superb views and had some nice household time collectively.