First pick
Canon Quinn Park
Park or garden
0.2 ha
Centralin the middle of Gort
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.076%near a park
Outdoors in Gort · parks, paths & countryside
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Gort
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Gort, among them the Gort River Walk and Coole Park 7 Woods Trail. Burren National Park begins 7.2 km away. 24% of the land within 5 km is protected for nature, the nearest site being Coole-Garryland Complex SAC.
Near a park
76%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
2.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
2 km
0.2 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
24%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Coole-Garryland Complex SAC
Woodland
4.3%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Gort?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Countryside close byBurren National Park starts 7.2 km south-west.Few mapped footpaths0.2 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Gort’s strongest suit is Burren National Park close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Gort 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 walk76%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
29out of 100
Public green space2.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
25out of 100
Footpaths0.2 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
1out of 100
Protected for nature24%of the land within 5 km
98out of 100
Woodland4.3%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
69out 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
Gort has the 3rd fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (2,536 to 3,211 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
Gort0.2
Towns its size0.7
Co. Galway towns2.1
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Gort2.1
Towns its size3.8
Co. Galway towns5.5
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Gort76%
Towns its size83%
Co. Galway towns80%
Typical Irish town92%
Gort falls furthest behind on path per km², where 37 of the 39 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 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 15 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 16 | Virginia Cavan | 1.1 | 18% | 0.2% | – |
| 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 | Ballinrobe Mayo | 0.3 | 0.5% | 11% | – |
| 34 | Baltinglass Wicklow | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 35 | Ballyhaunis Mayo | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.4% | – |
| 36 | Kilrush Clare | 0.2 | 9.8% | 37% | – |
| 37 | Ballyjamesduff Cavan | 0.2 | 7.6% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Gort Galway | 0.2 | 4.3% | 24% | – |
| 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 Gort’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 Gort
The biggest is Canon Quinn Park, 0.2 ha (1 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
8 in 10 Gort residents live 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 (76%)Further (24%)
Gort76%
Co. Galway towns80%
Typical Irish town92%
About 700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Protected sites cover 24% of the land within 5 km of Gort
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 Gort0%
Within 5 km24%
Co. Galway towns14%
Typical Irish town1.8%
15 protected sites lie within 5 km of Gort. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 14% 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.
Coole-Garryland Complex SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 11 km² · 0.3 km from the edge
NPWS pageCoole-Garryland SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 5.2 km² · 0.7 km from the edge
NPWS pageLough Cutra SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 6.6 km² · 1.8 km from the edge
NPWS pageKiltartan Cave (Coole) SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 0.0 km² · 1.9 km from the edge
NPWS pageLough Cutra SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 3.9 km² · 1.9 km from the edge
NPWS pageEast Burren Complex SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 188 km² · 2.2 km from the edge
NPWS pageTermon Lough SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 2.1 km² · 2.6 km from the edge
NPWS pageCarrowbaun, Newhall and Ballylee Turloughs SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 1.1 km² · 3.0 km from the edge
NPWS pageSlieve Aughty Mountains SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 331 km² · 3.4 km from the edge
NPWS pageBallinduff Turlough SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 0.6 km² · 3.6 km from the edge
NPWS page5 more sites are within 5 km.
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
Burren National Park is 7.2 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
Burren National Park
7.2 km south-west21 km²
National Park
Connemara National Park
83 km north-west21 km²
2 of Ireland’s six National Parks are within 100 km of Gort.
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
2 km of footpaths cross Gort
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
2.3 km
over 14.7 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
4.3%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
3
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GortCo. Galway townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GortCo. Galway townsTypical Irish town
Woodland4.3%
0%50%100%
Gort has less footpath per km² than 99% of Irish towns and more woodland than 69% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
3 waymarked trails start near Gort
2 km of footpaths are mapped in Gort and the kilometre around it, 0.2 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Gort River Walk3.6 km
Coole Park 7 Woods Trail4.5 km
Coole Park Family Trail1.6 km
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 Gort: 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 126 | 100 | 88 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 89 | 104 | 95 | 117 | 132 | 138 |
April is the driest month (72 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.6 hours of daylight in December, and 138 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Gort →
Things to do
1 viewpoint and 1 playground
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 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Gardens & nature
2 gardens and nature sites to visit near Gort
Gardens, national parks, nature sites and islands within 15 km of the town’s edge, each with its own page.
Coole Park Visitor Centre & GardensGarden · 1.7 km from town
Its pageBurren National ParkNational park · 13 km from town
Its pagePlaces to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
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 Gort
What is the biggest park in Gort?
Canon Quinn Park, 0.2 ha (1 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Gort?
Yes: 24% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 15 sites. The nearest is Coole-Garryland Complex SAC, 0.3 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Gort?
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Gort River Walk, Coole Park 7 Woods Trail and Coole Park Family Trail.
How many people in Gort live near a park?
76% 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 Gort?
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 Gort near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Burren National Park, 7.2 km south-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 21 km². One more is within 100 km.
What is there to do outdoors around Gort?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint and 2 picnic sites; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Gort’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).