National Trust - Divis and the Black Mountain

It's a very good hiking spot near Belfast. The mountain trails are not very steep and fun at the same time. Great cafe for your after walk refreshments. Would definitely recommend the coffee and curried cauliflower calzones!

Gorgeous walk. Taking the ridge trail gives you a good 15,000 steps in and you get a gorgeous view of Belfast and harland and wolf. Car park is right at the start of the walk and there’s a nice wee cafe too.

Best to be hiked down from the Glendale park side which faces Belfast, especially during sunset as the best views can be seen when the city is lit up during the night.

This was a lovely walk up the mountain that offered stunning views over Belfast City. There are three route options offered, depending on differing abilities. The pathways are easy to navigate and lead you all the way to the top. If you like a walk and would like to see Belfast from a different angle, this is for you. Walking shoes or sturdy trainers will suffice. Completely free with ample free car parking and a little coffee shop with seating inside and outside.

Barren beauty. Hill grasses. Tall masts. Tall tales told between old friends. Pressure in the ears from the steep ascent to the car park. A mallard in flight. Lookouts. The city spread out below us in panorama, the cranes, the sports pitches, towers, suburbs, the docks and the mouth of the Lough beyond. Traffic flowing like tiny insects along the Boucher road. Sun appearing sporadically through cloud cover. Pervasive peace so near the city hubbub, yet feeling disassociated from the big smokey smokestack trappings. Triangulation stones. Wooden walkways over caked mud. Puddles remain. Sensible shoes. Eerie sound of wind whistling through metal gateposts. Red lights seen by thousands of eyes every single night. Nowhere discreet to piss when the cafe is closed.

Did the summit walk. Very nice, Easier if done clockwise as the tarmac road that climbs to the top is quite steep in places, but the path on the Lough Neagh side climbs mostly gently. Lovely views of the lough and Belfast bay from the top

Beautiful Sunday morning walk, great views of Belfast lough, the cows just wander about in case anyone has a fear of animals, its not a challenging climb but moderate walk as constantly going uphill. Easier going down, definitely recommend wearing boots as it's rocky on the summit trail 👣 😀

Easily accessible by car from Belfast, hosting 3 circular walking trails ranging from 30 mins to over 2 hours. Cafe on site, was closed when we were there, but provided a safe place for kids on bikes, but this would only be true for a portion of the trails as the rest are over rough ground. Two car parks.