First pick
River Island Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Inchigeelagh
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Towel401 · CC BY-SA 4.0100%near a park
Outdoors in Inchigeelagh · parks, paths & countryside
Inchigeelagh is more wooded than 9 in 10 Irish towns
Woods cover 16% of Inchigeelagh and the kilometre around it. There are 19.6 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Inchigeelagh, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. 6 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Inchigeelagh, among them the Derreneanig Linear Walk and Dereen Loop Walk.
Near a park
100%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
19.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
1 km
0.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
16%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Inchigeelagh?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wooded country16% mapped woodland in and around town, more than 99% of Irish towns.Room to roam19.6 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents, more than 94% of Irish towns.A park on every doorstep100% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.Few mapped footpaths0.1 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Inchigeelagh’s strongest suit is its woods, followed by plenty of park space. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Inchigeelagh compares with Irish towns
Each figure against Ireland’s 321 towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (city hubs left out): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Ireland has no Outdoors Grade yet: the figures are described, each against other Irish towns, and none of them counts towards the overall grade.
A park within a walk100%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
83out of 100
Public green space19.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
94out of 100
Footpaths0.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
1out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland16%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
100out of 100
Parks, paths and woods: OpenStreetMap; residents: CSO Census 2022 Small Areas; protected sites: NPWS; sea: CSO and ONS land outlines. A 0 means nothing is mapped.
Towns its size
Inchigeelagh has the 3rd fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (136 to 3,141 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ballybrack (8.6 km per km²) to Sixmilebridge (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Inchigeelagh0.1
Towns its size0.7
Co. Cork towns1.8
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Inchigeelagh19.6
Towns its size4.1
Co. Cork towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Inchigeelagh100%
Towns its size87%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Inchigeelagh stands out most for park space per resident: none of the other 39 has more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 37 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballybrack Dublin | 8.6 | 8% | 0.2% | 36% |
| 2 | Sunday's Well Cork | 7.3 | 2.7% | 0.4% | – |
| 3 | Blackpool Cork | 6.6 | 3% | 1.4% | – |
| 4 | Carna Dublin | 5.4 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Taylor's Hill Galway | 5.1 | 1.2% | 15% | 37% |
| 6 | Togher Cork | 5 | 1.5% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Decies Dublin | 4.8 | 7.2% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mayfield Cork | 4.7 | 5.3% | 3.3% | – |
| 9 | Kylemore Dublin | 4 | 3% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Edenmore Dublin | 2.8 | 3.6% | 5.9% | 24% |
| 11 | Ballynanty Limerick | 2.5 | 5.7% | 12% | – |
| 12 | Claddagh Galway | 2.4 | 0.2% | 17% | 46% |
| 13 | Murrough Galway | 2.3 | 5.1% | 10% | 26% |
| 14 | Grange Upper Waterford | 1.4 | 1.5% | 6.6% | – |
| 15 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 17 | Bantry Cork | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | 18% |
| 18 | Ballina Tipperary | 0.9 | 1.8% | 4.7% | – |
| 19 | Moate Westmeath | 0.7 | 2.4% | 2.4% | – |
| 20 | Callan Kilkenny | 0.7 | 0.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 21 | Kingscourt Cavan | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 22 | Kenmare Kerry | 0.6 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 23 | Athboy Meath | 0.6 | 1.1% | 1.5% | – |
| 24 | Bundoran Donegal | 0.5 | 2% | 5.1% | 35% |
| 25 | Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Carlow | 0.5 | 3.9% | 2.9% | – |
| 26 | Skibbereen Cork | 0.5 | 1.7% | 1.6% | – |
| 27 | Kinnegad Westmeath | 0.3 | 4.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 28 | Donegal Donegal | 0.3 | 4% | 4.1% | 12% |
| 29 | Boyle Roscommon | 0.3 | 3.2% | 0% | – |
| 30 | Bailieborough Cavan | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Castleisland Kerry | 0.3 | 1.7% | 12% | – |
| 32 | Kanturk Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 5.1% | – |
| 33 | Baltinglass Wicklow | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 34 | Ballyhaunis Mayo | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.4% | – |
| 35 | Kilrush Clare | 0.2 | 9.8% | 37% | – |
| 36 | Ballyjamesduff Cavan | 0.2 | 7.6% | 0% | – |
| 37 | Gort Galway | 0.2 | 4.3% | 24% | – |
| 38 | Inchigeelagh Cork | 0.1 | 16% | 0% | – |
| 39 | Carndonagh Donegal | 0.1 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| 40 | Sixmilebridge Clare | 0 | 0.7% | 2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Inchigeelagh’s urban area.
Green: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces and woods, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · NPWS · Sport Ireland · CSO
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Inchigeelagh
The biggest is River Island Park, 0.7 ha (2 acres).
Named parks, gardens, commons and woods in the town or within 400 m of it, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); pieces of one name that touch are one place. Sizes are the whole site; directions go to a point inside.
Close to home
Everyone in Inchigeelagh lives within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (CSO Census 2022 Small Areas against OpenStreetMap).
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Inchigeelagh100%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
No protected site lies within 5 km of Inchigeelagh
Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Natural Heritage Areas designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
No site protected for nature lies within 5 km of Inchigeelagh.
National Parks
Killarney National Park is 28 km away
Ireland’s National Parks within 100 km, and the nearest always, by direction and distance from the town’s edge; circle size shows each park’s area.
National ParkThe 5 km around the town
National Park
Killarney National Park
28 km north-west104 km²
National Park boundaries: National Parks and Wildlife Service, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0, © Government of Ireland), 2022. Distances from the town’s outline (CSO Small Areas).
Footpaths and woods
1 km of footpaths cross Inchigeelagh
Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and mapped woods and forest, in the town and 1 km around it, each beside the county’s and Ireland’s typical town of 2,500+.
Footpaths
0.6 km
over 5.6 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
16%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
6
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
InchigeelaghCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
InchigeelaghCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
Inchigeelagh has less footpath per km² than 99% of Irish towns and more woodland than 100% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
6 waymarked trails start near Inchigeelagh
1 km of footpaths are mapped in Inchigeelagh and the kilometre around it, 0.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Derreneanig Linear Walk10.0 km
Dereen Loop Walk8.0 km
South Lake Road/Meall Loop Walk12.8 km
South Lake Road Linear Walk12.4 km
Ceim Daunt/Island Loop walk4.0 km
Ballingeary Loops – Rathgaskig Loop13.7 km
For a shorter walk, the Derreneanig Linear Walk is 10.0 km, graded moderate.
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Coillte’s own forest trails and recreation sites aren’t included: Coillte’s terms limit its data to research or private study. Its trails on the National Trails Register are listed.
When to get out
The best walking months in Inchigeelagh: May to September
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages for the town’s 1 km square and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 193 | 149 | 121 | 108 | 96 | 92 | 96 | 104 | 116 | 170 | 182 | 200 |
June is the driest month (92 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.8 hours of daylight in December, and 200 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Inchigeelagh →
Things to do
Viewpoints, hills and nature near Inchigeelagh
Mapped on OpenStreetMap in the town and 2 km around it; each count per resident beside Irish towns’ typical town of 2,500+. Beaches are on the coast’s list, from the EPA.
Every named place, with directions
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Inchigeelagh
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
MacroomDunmanwayInchigeelagh
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Inchigeelagh.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (CSO Small Areas, by where people live) within 400 m of a park, garden, common or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap. Mapping is uneven: a town whose parks nobody has mapped looks greyer than it is.
- Protected areas. Land in a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area within 5 km, overlaps counted once. Protected for nature doesn’t always mean open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it, from OpenStreetMap. Trails are the registered ones within 5 km; a trail often follows mapped paths, so the two aren’t added.
- Woodland. Woods and forest as OpenStreetMap maps them, private and Coillte forests included: mapped cover, not access.
- No grade yet. Ireland’s grades don’t include the outdoors yet: these figures describe the town and stand beside the median Irish town.
Questions about the outdoors in Inchigeelagh
What is the biggest park in Inchigeelagh?
River Island Park, 0.7 ha (2 acres), just outside the built-up area. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Inchigeelagh?
6 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Derreneanig Linear Walk, Dereen Loop Walk and South Lake Road/Meall Loop Walk.
How many people in Inchigeelagh live near a park?
100% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a park or playing field; in the typical Irish town it is 92%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Inchigeelagh?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Inchigeelagh near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Killarney National Park, 28 km north-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 104 km².
Sources
Where Inchigeelagh’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks, woods and paths. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): parks, woods and footpaths, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Protected sites. National Parks and Wildlife Service: designated sites (SAC, SPA, NHA), 2026
- Trails. Sport Ireland: National Trails Register, 2026
- Residents. CSO: Census 2022 Small Areas (residents)
- National Parks. National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Park boundaries, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0), 2022
- Weather. Met Éireann: 1991–2020 averages (Copyright Met Éireann)
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service (CC BY 4.0). Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0). Bathing water: EPA (CC BY 4.0). Parks, woods and paths: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Not on this page yet: Coillte’s forest trails (its terms) and bike routes.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).