Gortarowey Forest Recreation Area, Drumcliff

Name: Gortarowey Forest Recreation Area
Address: Drumcliff, Ireland

#3 among attractions in Drumcliff

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Gortarowey Forest Recreation Area, Drumcliff

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Gortarowey Forest Recreation Area is a forest park and recreation area at the foot of Ben Bulben near Drumcliffe in County Sligo, Ireland. The park is currently managed by Coillte, Ireland's commercial forestry company, as part of the larger Benbulben Forest. The park lies adjacent to the Benbulben, Gleniff and Glenade Special Area of Conservation and is known as the only area in Ireland where chickweed willowherb and alpine saxifrage can be found. ()

Coordinates: 54°21'50"N, 8°29'55"W

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Drumcliff Ireland

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Gortarowey Forest Recreation Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Metal Man, Glencar Lough, Truskmore, Creevykeel Court Tomb.

5.2 miSW
Lighthouse
Metal Man, Rosses Point
133 min walk • The Metal Man is a beacon off the coast of the Rosses Point Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.
4.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glencar Lough
124 min walk • Glencar Lough, locally known as Glencar Lake, is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It covers an area of 1.15 square kilometres and lies mostly in County Leitrim with a smaller part in County Sligo.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Truskmore
132 min walk • Truskmore is a 647 m mountain on the border of County Sligo and County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the highest peak of the Dartry Mountains and the highest in Sligo.
5.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Creevykeel Court Tomb
148 min walk • Creevykeel Court Tomb is one of the finest examples of a court tomb remaining in Ireland. The monument is located in the N15 Donegal to Sligo road, 50 meters north of Creevykeel cross-roads close to Cliffoney village in County Sligo.
1.3 miE
Lush mountain peak with hiking trails
Benbulbin, Drumcliff
33 min walk • Benbulbin, sometimes spelled Ben Bulben or Benbulben, is a large flat-topped rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part of the Dartry Mountains, in an area sometimes called "Yeats Country".
5.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Truskmore SE Cairn
138 min walk • Truskmore South-East Cairn is the highest point in Leitrim at 631 m above sea level. It is part of Truskmore mountain and is located approximately 0.45 km southeast of the mountain's summit, which is 16 m higher and located in County Sligo.
2.6 miS
54°19'34"N • 8°29'38"W
Drumcliffe Church, Drumcliff
67 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Church
3.5 miW
Museum, History museum
Lissadell House
91 min walk • Lissadell House is a neo-classical Greek revivalist style country house, located in County Sligo, Ireland. The house was built between 1830 and 1835, and inhabited from 1833 onwards, for Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet by London architect Francis Goodwin.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird, Drumcliff
106 min walk • Sruth an Aghaidh an Aird is Ireland’s highest waterfall located on the Dartry Mountains in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland. Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird is an Irish language name meaning "the stream that flows backwards", The waterfall is unusual in having no official English name.
3.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dartry Mountains
100 min walk • The Dartry Mountains are a mountain range in the north west of Ireland, in the north of counties Sligo and Leitrim. They lie between Lough Melvin, Lough Gill and Lough MacNean. The highest point is Truskmore at 647 metres.
1.5 miN
Archaeological site
Gortnaleck Court Tomb
40 min walk • Gortnaleck Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.