A Look at Lough Salt
I was impressed with the view of Lough Greenan. Despite the powerful winds ripping through the area, we were able to enjoy the place. As it turns out, there was another lake on the other side of the carpark. Lough Salt sits on the other side of Lough Greenan but it seems to be higher than the Lough Greenan. We have seen the sign for Lough Salt and we were wondering how to get there. So here we are. Lough Salt gets its name from the Salt Mountains, though I don’t think it has anything to do with salt. From the looks of it, Lough Salt seems to be a crater lake and true enough it is the remnants of a now extinct volcano. It seems I have seen enough of these to know what a volcanic lake looks like.
Beautiful Lough Salt
Lough Salt is notable as the highest fresh water lough in the county. It is also quite deep, though I couldn’t tell from the surface. It seems that we were too close to the lough to see its entirety. Not even my wide angle lens can see all of it. I was amused to see the local authorities build a road seemingly in the middle of nowhere all the way to this place. I think this was part of efforts to increase tourism potential of the area and I think it works. Lough Salt is one several loughs in the area. I am sure that I will be seeing more of these in the future.
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