First pick
Marina Park
Park or garden
16 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.4 km north-westfrom the centre
Cork Harbour Greenway
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sebastian “sebrem” B… · CC BY-SA 3.096%near a park
Outdoors in Mahon · parks, paths & countryside
Cork Harbour SPA reaches the edge of Mahon
5.3% of the land within 5 km is protected for nature, the nearest site being Cork Harbour SPA. Footpaths add up to 73 km in the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 3.6 for every square kilometre. There are 5.6 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Mahon, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town.
Near a park
96%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
5.6 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
73 km
3.6 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
5.3%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cork Harbour SPA
Woodland
6.1%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Mahon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected land nearbyCork Harbour SPA reaches the edge of Mahon.A park on every doorstep96% of residents live within 400 m of a park or playing field.
Mahon’s strongest suit is protected land close by, followed by parks close to every home.
Against other towns
How Mahon 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 walk96%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
58out of 100
Public green space5.6 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
63out of 100
Footpaths3.6 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
64out of 100
Protected for nature5.3%of the land within 5 km
77out of 100
Woodland6.1%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
80out 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
Mahon has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (12,163 to 16,038 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Tallaght (8.8 km per km²) to Enniscorthy (0.4 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Mahon3.6
Towns its size3.9
Co. Cork towns1.8
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Mahon5.6
Towns its size4.6
Co. Cork towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Mahon96%
Towns its size96%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Mahon stands out most for park space per resident: only 16 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallaght Dublin | 8.8 | 3.8% | 0.6% | – |
| 2 | Cabra East Dublin | 8 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Deansrath Dublin | 7.9 | 2.2% | 0% | – |
| 4 | Ballyowen Dublin | 7.5 | 6% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Fettercairn Dublin | 7 | 3.5% | 0.4% | – |
| 6 | Firhouse Dublin | 6.8 | 4.4% | 4.2% | – |
| 7 | Ballsbridge Dublin | 6.3 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 18% |
| 8 | Ashtown Dublin | 6.3 | 6.9% | 0% | – |
| 9 | Ballinteer Dublin | 6.2 | 7.1% | 2.8% | – |
| 10 | Clonskeagh Dublin | 6 | 2.7% | 0.1% | 16% |
| 11 | Foxrock Dublin | 5.8 | 5.3% | 0.2% | 25% |
| 12 | Knocklyon Dublin | 5.8 | 4.7% | 3.2% | – |
| 13 | Finglas South Dublin | 5.6 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 14 | Whitehall Dublin | 5.6 | 2.6% | 0.3% | – |
| 15 | Cabinteely Dublin | 5.1 | 7.6% | 1.1% | 29% |
| 16 | Sallynoggin Dublin | 5 | 2% | 0.3% | 47% |
| 17 | Blackrock Dublin | 4.7 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 30% |
| 18 | Kimmage Dublin | 4.3 | 0.1% | 0% | – |
| 19 | Ongar Dublin | 4.2 | 2.7% | 0.2% | – |
| 20 | East Wall Dublin | 4.1 | 1% | 3.5% | 27% |
| 21 | Belmayne Dublin | 3.8 | 1.9% | 5.2% | 25% |
| 22 | Mahon Cork | 3.6 | 6.1% | 5.3% | – |
| 23 | Hollystown Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 0% | – |
| 24 | Clontarf West Dublin | 3.2 | 2.2% | 3.5% | 17% |
| 25 | Bishopstown Cork | 3.2 | 6% | 0.2% | – |
| 26 | Corbally and King's Island Limerick | 3 | 3.7% | 9.5% | – |
| 27 | Darndale Dublin | 2.7 | 1.9% | 3.7% | 11% |
| 28 | Castletroy Limerick | 2.4 | 1.8% | 6.6% | – |
| 29 | Ashbourne Meath | 1.6 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 30 | Midleton Cork | 1.6 | 2.6% | 4.5% | – |
| 31 | Ballybane Galway | 1.5 | 3.9% | 12% | 15% |
| 32 | Killarney Kerry | 1.3 | 14% | 34% | – |
| 33 | Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Meath | 1.2 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 39% |
| 34 | Wicklow Wicklow | 1.1 | 0.9% | 4.3% | 38% |
| 35 | Castlebar Mayo | 1 | 3.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 36 | Cobh Cork | 0.8 | 3.5% | 13% | 23% |
| 37 | Tullamore Offaly | 0.7 | 10% | 3.8% | – |
| 38 | Arklow Wicklow | 0.7 | 5.7% | 0.3% | 34% |
| 39 | Mallow Cork | 0.6 | 5.1% | 3.2% | – |
| 40 | Enniscorthy Wexford | 0.4 | 6.9% | 2.1% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Mahon’s neighbourhood.
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 Mahon
The biggest is Marina Park, 16 ha (39 acres).
All 11 named parks and woods by size: 44 ha (110 acres) and 8 km of path
Parks & gardens 44 ha
The two biggest, Marina Park and Beaumont Park, are 63% of the named green space and carry 4 km of path between them. 6 of the 11 are under 2 ha.
Beaumont Park
Park or garden
12 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Joe McHugh Park
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lough Mahon Park
Park or garden
1.9 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Holland Park
Park or garden
3.2 ha0.3 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Cork Harbour Greenway
Directionsto a point inside
Douglas Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
1.8 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.6 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Seán Cronin Park
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mahon
Directionsto a point inside
Port 2000 Park
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
1.3 ha0.4 km of path
1.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Marina ParkPark or garden · 16 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsBeaumont ParkPark or garden · 12 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsJoe McHugh ParkPark or garden · 3.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsLough Mahon ParkPark or garden · 1.9 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsHolland ParkPark or garden · 3.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsDouglas ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSeán Cronin ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPort 2000 ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsBlackrock GardenPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSkehard Road Park - Area 1Park or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsSkehard Road Park - Area 3Park or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsNamed 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
Almost everyone in Mahon 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 (96%)Further (3.6%)
Mahon96%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
About 500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
The 2 protected sites within 5 km of Mahon
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.
Inside Mahon3.7%
Within 5 km5.3%
Co. Cork towns1.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Mahon. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 5.4% of the land within 5 km as well; many have been proposed since 1995 and aren’t counted here. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service designated site boundaries (CC BY 4.0), 2026; land within 5 km from CSO Small Areas and, over the border, ONS. Overlapping sites are counted once.
National Parks
Killarney National Park is 73 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
73 km 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
73 km of footpaths cross Mahon
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
73 km
over 20.4 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
6.1%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MahonCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths3.6
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MahonCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Woodland6.1%
0%50%100%
Mahon has more footpath per km² than 64% of Irish towns and more woodland than 80% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
Footpaths in and around Mahon
73 km of footpaths are mapped in Mahon and the kilometre around it, 3.6 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
No waymarked trail starts within 5 km of Mahon; its footpaths are counted above.
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 Mahon: 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) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 118 | 88 | 83 | 78 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 84 | 81 | 120 | 117 | 125 |
May is the driest month (73 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.8 hours of daylight in December, and 125 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Mahon →
Things to do
2 viewpoints and 17 playgrounds
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
Viewpoints 2
City View Summit1.6 km from town
DirectionsVernon Mount View1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 17
Marina Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsBayly Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsMonkey Maze1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 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 Mahon
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
TivoliBallinloughDouglasKnockreaMontenotteTramoreMahon
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
| Town | Near a park | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Paths (km/km²) | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahon | 96% | 5.6 | 3.6 | 5.3% |
| Tivoli 2.1 km | 88% | 10.5 | 4.0 | 4.8% |
| Ballinlough 2.4 km | 100% | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.8% |
| Douglas 2.7 km | 57% | 2.5 | 1.7 | 5% |
| Knockrea 2.8 km | 100% | 9.5 | 4.7 | 3.7% |
| Montenotte 2.9 km | 100% | 12.2 | 5.5 | 3.5% |
| Tramore 3.0 km | 100% | 17.6 | 4.7 | 3.7% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Mahon. Montenotte and Tramore have at least twice Mahon’s green space per resident.
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 Mahon
What is the biggest park in Mahon?
Marina Park, 19 ha (47 acres). Beaumont Park (12 ha) is second. 14 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Mahon?
Yes: 5.3% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 2 sites. Cork Harbour SPA reaches Mahon.
How many people in Mahon live near a park?
96% 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 Mahon?
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 Mahon near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Killarney National Park, 73 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 104 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Mahon?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 2 viewpoints; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Mahon’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
- Things to do. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, nature reserves, picnic sites, playgrounds, campsites and waymarked walks, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- 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).