Killarney Town Map

Killarney Historic Town Walk – Discover Ireland Centre, Beech Road, Killarney.  T. +353 64 6631633 Killarney Town Trail is a 2 hour self-guided walking trail starting at the Tourist Office.   The tourist trail is a sign posted walking tour through the most historic parts of the town.  Full information available from the Tourist Information Office.

Old Boathouse Nature Trail – The shortest of all Killarney National Park’s Nature Trails. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to complete and is located close to Muckross House and Gardens. It covers the Dundag Peninsula which offers and excellent panorama of the mountains and the middle lake.

The Blue Pool Nature Trail –  is Cloghereen Wood close to Muckross village goes through woodlands planted with a great variety of coniferous and deciduous trees and is inhabited by many birds and other animals.  The trail goes around a small lake, a part of which is the beautiful Blue Pool after which the trail is named.  The Trail is almost 2km long.  A section of the trail is suitable for the visually impaired.

Nature Trails – Self guided nature trails are an excellent way for visitors to explore the National Park. There are three trails in the Killarney National Park.

The Kerry Way – Discover Ireland Centre, Beech Road, Killarney.  

T. +353 64 6631633 The Iveragh contains the Killarney Lakes with their mountainous backgrounds, the most famously picturesque landscapes in Ireland since tourism began in the late seventeen hundreds. The main mountain group on the peninsula, called the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, contains the highest summits in Ireland, Carrauntoohil at 1038m , Beenkeragh Mountain which is 1,010 metres high and Caher at 1001m. The Kerry Way, the longest of the Irish Waymarked Trails, is a circular route that circumnavigates the peninsula, starting and finishing in Killarney, and also passing through fine Kerry towns such as Glenbeigh, Caherciveen, Waterville, Sneem and Kenmare. The landscape the route passes through is very varied, from the lakes of Killarney to high and remote mountain moorland: Carrauntoohil and Caher tower over the route west of Black Valley and the return leg passes along the startlingly contrasting semi-tropical, palm-treed south coast. Terrain consists mainly of quiet tarmac roads, open moorland, woodland and field paths and boreens. Some sections of the open moorland can be very isolated, and off-road sections can often be very wet and muddy. Aggregate ascent over the whole route is about 5400m, and there are some sustained and quite steep climbs. The highest point on the Way is 385m above sea-level, at Windy Gap between Glenmore and Caherdaniel.There are some long stretches between overnight accommodation possibilities and cash machine facilities, and walkers should plan their days carefully to take these into consideration: public transport options are very good.

Arthur Young’s Walk –  This is a 4km circular trail starting from Muckross House.  It traverses fine natural yew-woods and oak woods frequented by Sika Deer, and meanders along an old road known to visitors 200 years ago, and passes the old copper mines on the Muckross Peninsula.