Ards Forest Park - Red trail

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Loop Walk · Donegal

350

about 3 h 20 min walking

Strenuous

14.1 km

Loop

4 hours

Dogs welcome

354 m

177 m

0 m

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Weather at the start

Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

302 m

Drop

311 m

Highest

115 m

Lowest

3 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.8 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

Main climb: km 1.7–4.0, from 8 m to 92 m.

How the 14.1 km splits

Flat

3.0 km

Climbing

5.9 km

Descending

5.2 km

Link it with other walks

Ards Forest Park - Heritage trail

Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 5.7, 11.2

5.2 km

Ards Forest Park - Green trail

Starts here too · Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.2

2.8 km

Ards Forest Park - Binngorm trail

Starts here too · Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.6, 0.9…

3.9 km

Ards Forest Park - Yellow trail

Starts here too · Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 12.3

2.5 km

Ards Forest Park - Marine trail

Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 0.9

1.2 km

Ards Forest Park - Sand Dune trail

Starts here too

0.9 km

Ards Forest Park - Nature trail

Starts here too · Crosses at km 14.0

1.3 km

Campsites near the start

Johnston's Caravan Park - Marble Hill

1.7 km from the start · 4.4★ (13)

Wild Atlantic Camp

4.4 km from the start · 4.5★ (506)

Casey’s Caravan Park (No Touring)

5.2 km from the start · 3.8★ (104)

Tramore beach

5.9 km from the start · 5.0★ (5)