Luggala is in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains, and directly overlooks Lough Tay, which lies at the base of steep granite cliffs on Luggala's east face; Luggala's other slopes are of a much gentler gradient, and are mostly covered in heather. The mountain is a largely isolated peak, with a deep valley between itself and its only neighbour, the peak of Knocknacloghoge to the immediate south. Luggala is overlooked from the far north-east by the larger massif of Djouce at . Luggala is the 230th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, Being below in height, Luggala does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales.