Gortarowey - Multi Access

Walking
County Sligo
5/5
1 review
Grade Multi-Access
Length 0.2 km
Am 10 mins
Format Loop
Ascent 30 m
Dogs Allowed Under effective control
Start Point
Gortarowey Forest entrance car park
Finish Point
Gortarowey Forest entrance car park
Nearest Town to Start Sligo Town
Lat. and Long. 54.361886, -8.501827

This multi access trail takes you on a path you through deciduous forest (oak, ash, beech, alder, mountain ash and sycamore) on the side of Benbulbin with spectacular panoramic views of Sligo Bay, the Ox Mountains and Knocknarea.

Trail Management

Coillte Sligo, Unit 4/5 Pearse Plaza, Pearse Road,
Sligo. Tel: 1890 367378 Fax: ++ 353 71 9143014

Facilities

Car park

For Further information on the Gortarowey - Multi Access Trail, visit, www.SligoWalks.ie

OSI Maps

OSI Maps

Discovery Series Sheet 16
5/5
01/15/2012

Odilon from Sligo

This is a great place for a walk. The car park has good information poster. There are two walks - one little loop.



There is a second longer walk (4km) which takes you along the side of Benbulben, through a woodland with great views of Benbulben and the surrounding countryside and fantastic panoramic views of the coastline. I did this walk to day - it was sunny and cold, but very pleasant. The start of this walk is an incline. One area is quite exposed and the wind was very strong - a disadvantage on the way up but a real advantage on the way down. The information poster advises this as a 1.5 hour walk but we did it, even with stops to admire the views, in an hour. It's an easy walk and we even met a family with a child in a buggy on the way.



Enjoy!



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