Knocknarea Cairn

Absolutely brilliant walk. Very well maintained with very interesting and fun information points along the long (@6K) route. Beautiful view all along the route and from the top. Well worth a visit.

Touted by the locals as an easy walk it was anything but. Skip leg day and do this climb instead. You won’t regret it. As with all signs in Ireland they lack information and there was no toilets which are needed when the walk is 2 to 3 hours depending on the route you take. The views are stunning and this is absolutely the place to be as the day wraps up. A very invigorating walk but not for anyone without decent shoes as the terrain can be very rough.

Out for a little stroll on a Saturday afternoon, shur what else would ya be at?!?! “Dad, how high is it?” Quick google: “It’s only 327 meters… piece of cake!” Holy mother of sweet divine Jesus, I discovered after about 10 minutes how unfit I am. Fifty One. 51 years old. I wanted to die. The trail is stunning, it’s a feat of engineering built unobtrusively into the beautiful hillside, with non slip metal loops built into every step. Every, Single, Step. Thank Fook there are plenty of places to stop along the way, to let your heart recover from trying to beat out through your chest wall. While sitting pretending to admire the views, you recover enough to pretend that you’re not dying to the people on the way down the trail. Would you believe that some people do this for fun?!?! Weave your way up through meadows and trees, meandering up the hill, looking out over the bay as you rise higher and higher… if I wasn’t nearly dead, it would be stunning. The last bit, where the steps get closer together and a little higher of a rise is a sick twisted joke on behalf of whoever built them… I bet they grin every time they think of the poor unfit weaklings that are trying their best to get to the top! Anyway. At the top there were some views. Kind of nice really. *I’d nearly say it was worth it. Took a couple of photos. Followed my 12 year old down. He bloody jogged. 😡 RIP me. *it IS worth it. It’s utterly magnificent. Please, do it, even if you die.

The Cairn is OK, not much to see. The view from around it is good, the best part is the trail up through the woods.

Stunning area to discover all around! There are two ways to go to the top of the hill.

That was a satisfying 20 minutes way up. This Cairn is huge and very nice. The view is great too, we can see all around

Did this hike on 6th Sept and fortunately the weather was absolutely spectacular. Being relatively fit found the trip easy and the views are exceptional, however there are plenty of steps and it is a decent uphill gradient - so if you are not in peak form, you will need to take it slow. Took us about 2hrs return. Parked in the Sligo Rugby Football Club (small donation) and the trail starts on the other side of the road, leading up the mountain. Beautiful hike and well worth the effort.

Great hike u can do this 2 different ways way 1 if you park at the sligo rugby club strandhill Rd next to the petrol station walk across the road through the wooden gate go up the path turn right and follow up to the top amazing way 2 put knocknarea hiking trail carpark into google this will bring you to the carpark at the back of knocknarea their is a stall for tea and coffee this also has a trail but ways are fab