Places to visit near Glenties
St. Connell's Museum and Heritage Centre is the only place we list in Glenties or within 5 km of its edge. For a day out, Glenveagh National Park is 29 km away. Within 40 km, the list counts 9, among them 3 castles and 3 museums.
Starting nearby
St. Connell's Museum and Heritage Centre, 400 m away, is the closest.
Getting your bearings
The tiles below match the 7 numbers on the map.
Glenties is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
By kind
Castles or historic places are the biggest group (5), then museums or galleries (4).
Green: inside Glenties. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Donegal Castle).
The complete list
The town has one; within 40 km, the list finds 9 more.
Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba
Church in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
Heritage Railway in County Donegal, Ireland.
Ballyshannon and District Museum
Demolished castle in Ireland.
Glebe House and Gallery
Gallery with gardens in County Donegal, Ireland.
What is in or close to Glenties comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Glenties → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Glenties →
A drive away
Below, the best known of 9 places within 40 km come first.
2National parkGlenveagh National Park29 km northeast
3Castle · Office of Public WorksDonegal Castle19 km southeastCathedral4CathedralCathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba39 km northeast
5CastleGlenveagh Castle34 km northeast
6MuseumDonegal Railway Heritage Centre19 km southeast
7CastleClassiebawn Castle39 km south
MuseumBallyshannon and District Museum33 km south
MuseumDonegal County Museum40 km northeast
Historic houseGlebe House and Gallery34 km northeastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Donegal →
Seeing Glenties: questions
What are the main attractions in Glenties?
The place to visit inside Glenties’ urban area is St. Connell's Museum and Heritage Centre. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town.
Does Glenties have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Glenties: St. Connell's Museum and Heritage Centre.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Glenties?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Donegal Castle (Office of Public Works), 19 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Glenties?
Within 40 km: Glenveagh National Park (29 km), Donegal Castle (19 km), Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba (39 km), Glenveagh Castle (34 km).
How is this list made?
From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Glenveagh National Park: Patrice78500, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal Castle: Benson Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenveagh Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal Railway Heritage Centre: louise price, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Classiebawn Castle: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).