From the entrance to the Devil’s Glen forest drive in along the forest track to reach a car park after about 2km. There are 2 walks starting at the information board.back about the entrance road for 100 metres. From here the loop trails take you deep into this beautiful forest to finish back at the car park where you started. Along the routes you will find some unusual and interesting ‘Sculptures in Woodland’
Waterfall Walk
The Devil’s Glen boasts a dramatic landscape that was fashioned at the end of the Ice Age when the melt waters of the ice sheet created the valley. The resultant gorge affords a swift decent for the Vartry River as it makes its way from the Vartry Reservoir to nearby Ashford village. The site hosts a mixture of broad leaf and conifer forest with fine stands of beech, Spanish chestnut and ash. The steep rock face of the gorge has been colonised by various species of plant life: lichens, mosses and the polypody fern.
Grade: Moderate
Markings: Red Arrow on white or wood background. Also some text direction signs. Signed both directions – Loop Trail
Distance: 5.2km
Estimated Time: 2hrs
Total Height Climbed: 125m
Suitable for: Anyone with moderate fitness
Notes: It’s very easy to get lost in the forest if you leave the marked trails.
How to get to start point: Car Park, Devil’s Glen Wood
- GPS FOR START POINT: 53.023415,-6.1423854
- GRID REF: T 24678 98556
- The nearest village to the Devils Glen is Ashford which is a 20 minute walk, it’s served by bus: Bus Eireann: www.buseireann.ie
Seamus Heaney Walk
The Seamus Heaney Walk is named in honour of the poet and Nobel Prize winner this is a lovely walk through the high forest.
Grade: Moderate
Markings: White arrow & boots symbols on yellow background. Signed both directions – Loop Trail
Distance: 4km
Estimated Time: 2hrs
Total Height Climbed: 130m
Suitable for: Anyone with moderate fitness
Note: It’s very easy to get lost in the forest if you leave the marked trails
How to get to start point: Car Park, Devil’s Glen Wood
- GPS FOR START POINT: 53.023415,-6.1423854
- GRID REF: T 24678 98556
- The nearest village to the Devils Glen is Ashford which is a 20 minute walk, it’s served by bus: Bus Eireann: www.buseireann.ie
