Out and about near Castlemaine
Only Killagha Abbey is on our list in Castlemaine or within 5 km of its edge. Travel 21 km and you reach Killarney National Park. The wider area, within 40 km, holds 12 places on our list, with 4 castles and 2 cathedrals among them.
Closest place
A trip of 3.3 km reaches Killagha Abbey. Killagha Abbey is an abbey or priory.
On the map
Numbers 1 to 7 match the places below.
Castlemaine is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
By kind
Count 9 castles or historic places and 2 museums or galleries.
Green: inside Castlemaine. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
3 places are cared for: 2 by the Office of Public Works and 1 by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (Killarney National Park, Ardfert Cathedral and Listowel Castle).
All of them, one by one
The list runs to 13 places, all within 40 km.
Killarney National Park
National park in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland.
Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms
Public building in Ireland.
What is in or close to Castlemaine 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 Castlemaine → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Castlemaine →
Further away
12 places within 40 km make our list, best known first.
3CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney18 km southeast
4CastleRoss Castle19 km southeast
5Cathedral · Office of Public WorksArdfert Cathedral18 km north
6FortCaherconree12 km west
7MuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms22 km southeast
Abbey or prioryMuckross Friary21 km southeast
CastleBallymalis Castle9.8 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksListowel Castle34 km northeast
CastleParkavonear Castle15 km southeastMuseumMuseumKerry County Museum11 km north
AttractionLadies View24 km southThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Milltown →
Asked about places to visit in Castlemaine
What is there to see near Castlemaine?
No attraction is mapped inside Castlemaine itself. Within 5 km of it are Killagha Abbey.
Does Castlemaine have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Castlemaine.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Castlemaine?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Killarney National Park (National Parks and Wildlife Service), 21 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Castlemaine?
Within 40 km: Killarney National Park (21 km), St Mary's Cathedral Killarney (18 km), Ross Castle (19 km), Ardfert Cathedral (18 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)
- St Mary's Cathedral Killarney: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Castle: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardfert Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caherconree: Stephen Murphy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).