Ballycuggaran Forest Car Park

Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. One of my favourite hiking trails in Ireland. Just be sure you wear comfortable hiking boots, have plenty of water and you're good to go. About 10km up and down with some amazing view and the scenery is just breath-taking. I'd highly recommend this hike. We did the hike in both winter and summer time, and even though it's harder during the rain it was still an amazing experience. 5 stars for sure. 👌✨️⛰️ 40 mins drive from Ennis, notes strenuous but with time it’s manageable for those of us less fit and worth the spectacular views! Parking at 2 mile gate has toilet facilities, coffee stop, grassy park, bbq to use just bring your coals and lake swimming - ideal for picnic to finish off the day. Will return better prepared next visit! We parked here for to complete a looped with our 2 children (age 5 and 8). The is a good trail with solid footing for the most part. There are 1 or 2 spots that could have better signage for novive trail walkers. That said we all really enjoyed the mix of views, bog, stream, windswept at the top. Ireland is hard to beat on a dry bright day. It is a nice place for a day trekking, the lake view is beautiful from each hiking point, kids can enjoy it, free to visit, parking is available for 25 cars, no restroom. Recommend for nature lovers. Note: avoid following all yellow sign paths, if you find a closed gate in-between which leads to a dead end, better follow the main walking path and return on the same route, be a pathfinder. We parked here to up to Moylussa, Clare's highest point. Last part to the peak was the most challenging and you definitely need good foot wear and be relatively fit. Views and very enjoyable, it took us 1 hour and 10 minutes to get to the top. We were lucky to make it up before the showers started, on the way down we had torrential showers but luckily we made our pictures on the way up. Very enjoyable and recommendable. Very nice place for and hiking. We hiked up to Moylussa and back, not looped but there are looped trails here. Highest point in Co Clare and from the get go the views are gorgeous. Signage from the car park is poor and only further up so you see mention of Moylussa, by which time you have had the opportunity to go wrong two or three times (hence reason for 4 stars). Anyway follow the red signs in the early stages. The last kilometer (or a bit less) of the ascent is quite steep so - challenging on the way up and tricky on the way down. 2.5 hrs including a nice break at the top for a flask of tea and a sandwich. Well worth the effort. Ah sure it was a funny experience. Beautiful day, drove out from Limerick & I think there was only 2 other cars in the car park. Beautiful views of Lough Derg on my right as I was going upslope. I know I missed a turn but with it so sunny - I didn't mind and kept walking. Eventually I realised something was up as I had passed the 10km mark and seemed to be going deeper into countryside without any sign of life. Doubled back and eventually got to the car park. A 6km turned into a 20km 😧. Beautiful views, amazing weather and I didn't need to go to the gym for a couple of days 😀 I will return but not for a 20km ...🤞 Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.