Camaderry at 699 m, is the 90th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 112th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Camaderry is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and forms a broad horseshoe around the valley of Glendalough with the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill 681 m, and the mountains of Conavalla 734 m, and Lugduff 652 m. Camaderry has a subsidiary summit, Camaderry South East Top 677 m, and both lie across the deep Wicklow Gap from Tonelagee 817 m, which sits on the "central spine" of the Wicklow range.

Lough Nahanagan

Between the north face of Camaderry and the east face of Turlough Hill lies Lough Nahanagan, a deep corrie lake carved by a glacier at the end of the last ice age. The lake is associated with several Irish folk-stories. The cliffs of the corrie around Lough Nahanagan are used by rock-climbers with single-pitch graded routes of up to VS 4c.

Mining

Camaderry mountain contains the Luganure mineral vein which is a source of lead in the form of galena (PbS), and also contains traces of silver. In 1859 the Glendasan and Glendalough mines were connected with each other by a series of tunnels called adits, which are now mostly flooded, through the mountain. After several revivals, mining ceased in Camaderry in 1957; however, remains of the Miner's Village at Glendalough can still be seen.

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