First pick
McMahon Park
Park or garden
9.7 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Clare Lough TrackwayClare Lake Trackway
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Original author and uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domain87%near a park
Outdoors in Claremorris · parks, paths & countryside
Claremorris has 3 waymarked trails within 5 km
Footpaths add up to 8 km in the town and the kilometre around it, 0.4 for every square kilometre. There are 5.1 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Claremorris, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. 87% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field.
Near a park
87%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
5.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
8 km
0.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
7.1%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Against other towns
How Claremorris 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 walk87%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
41out of 100
Public green space5.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
59out of 100
Footpaths0.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
12out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland7.1%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
85out 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
Claremorris has the 6th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (3,300 to 4,526 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gurranebraher (7.4 km per km²) to Charleville (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Claremorris0.4
Towns its size1.4
Co. Mayo towns0.6
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Claremorris5.1
Towns its size4.5
Co. Mayo towns2.6
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Claremorris87%
Towns its size84%
Co. Mayo towns85%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Claremorris stands out most for park space per resident: only 17 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 34 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurranebraher Cork | 7.4 | 1.6% | 0.5% | – |
| 2 | Shandon Cork | 7.3 | 1.9% | 0.9% | – |
| 3 | Ballyfermot Dublin | 6.8 | 8.7% | 0% | – |
| 4 | Cork City Centre Cork | 6.7 | 1.5% | 1.8% | – |
| 5 | St Luke's Cork | 6 | 3.5% | 2.8% | – |
| 6 | Farranree Cork | 6 | 3% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Montenotte Cork | 5.5 | 5.6% | 3.5% | – |
| 8 | Newcastle Galway | 5.4 | 1.7% | 15% | 29% |
| 9 | Shanakiel Cork | 5.3 | 5.7% | 0.1% | – |
| 10 | Mervue Galway | 4.3 | 3.6% | 11% | 25% |
| 11 | Tivoli Cork | 4 | 7% | 4.8% | – |
| 12 | Prospect and Newtown Pery Limerick | 3.6 | 1.5% | 9.9% | – |
| 13 | Limerick City Centre Limerick | 3.5 | 1% | 11% | – |
| 14 | Rahoon Galway | 2.3 | 2.3% | 27% | 20% |
| 15 | Annacotty Limerick | 2 | 2% | 6.2% | – |
| 16 | Castlegar Galway | 1.8 | 1.4% | 16% | 16% |
| 17 | Rathbane Limerick | 1.8 | 1.1% | 6% | – |
| 18 | Ballinacurra Limerick | 1.8 | 1.4% | 11% | – |
| 19 | Glanmire Cork | 1.7 | 13% | 6.6% | – |
| 20 | Westbury Clare | 1.7 | 3.3% | 9.6% | – |
| 21 | Rathnew Wicklow | 1.2 | 1.3% | 3.9% | 17% |
| 22 | Cleaboy Waterford | 1.2 | 0% | 5.8% | – |
| 23 | Lehenagh Cork | 1.2 | 2.5% | 0.3% | – |
| 24 | Newcastle Dublin | 1.1 | 0.9% | 0% | – |
| 25 | Enfield Meath | 1.1 | 3.9% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Grange Waterford | 1 | 0.8% | 5% | – |
| 27 | Cahir Tipperary | 1 | 7.5% | 3.4% | – |
| 28 | Castleblayney Monaghan | 1 | 3.8% | 0% | – |
| 29 | Riverstown Cork | 0.8 | 14% | 2.9% | – |
| 30 | Kilcullen Kildare | 0.8 | 5.3% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Kill Kildare | 0.8 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Tower Cork | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | – |
| 33 | Newtownmountkennedy Wicklow | 0.6 | 12% | 4.9% | 6.2% |
| 34 | Courtown Wexford | 0.6 | 8.6% | 0% | 37% |
| 35 | Claremorris Mayo | 0.4 | 7.1% | 0% | – |
| 36 | Macroom Cork | 0.4 | 4.9% | 3.9% | – |
| 37 | Mitchelstown Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Stamullen Meath | 0.3 | 1.7% | 0.5% | 12% |
| 39 | Clara Offaly | 0.2 | 6.1% | 6.4% | – |
| 40 | Charleville Cork | 0 | 0.3% | 0.2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Claremorris’ 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 Claremorris
The biggest is McMahon Park, 9.7 ha (24 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
9 in 10 Claremorris 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 (87%)Further (13%)
Claremorris87%
Co. Mayo towns85%
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
No protected site lies within 5 km of Claremorris
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 Claremorris.
National Parks
Wild Nephin National Park is 43 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
Wild Nephin National Park
43 km north-west171 km²
National Park
Connemara National Park
58 km west21 km²
National Park
Burren National Park
69 km south21 km²
3 of Ireland’s six National Parks are within 100 km of Claremorris.
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
8 km of footpaths cross Claremorris
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
7.7 km
over 18.1 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
7.1%
about 1.3 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
3
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ClaremorrisCo. Mayo townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ClaremorrisCo. Mayo townsTypical Irish town
Woodland7.1%
0%50%100%
Claremorris has less footpath per km² than 88% of Irish towns and more woodland than 85% 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 Claremorris
8 km of footpaths are mapped in Claremorris and the kilometre around it, 0.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Land of the Giants4.2 km
Mayfield Loop2.7 km
Clare Lake Loop Walk1.3 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 Claremorris: 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 136 | 112 | 98 | 80 | 79 | 81 | 92 | 102 | 95 | 126 | 142 | 143 |
May is the driest month (79 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.5 hours of daylight in December, and 143 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Claremorris →
Things to do
3 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
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Claremorris
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
KnockKiltimaghBallyhaunisBallinrobeClaremorris
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremorris | 87% | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0% |
| Knock 9.5 km | 0% | 1.3 | 0.3 | 4.1% |
| Kiltimagh 14 km | 100% | 4.0 | 0.1 | 8.2% |
| Ballyhaunis 16 km | 100% | 4.2 | 0.2 | 3.4% |
| Ballinrobe 19 km | 55% | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11% |
In Kiltimagh, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here.
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 Claremorris
What is the biggest park in Claremorris?
McMahon Park, 9.7 ha (24 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
What are the best walks near Claremorris?
3 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Land of the Giants, Mayfield Loop and Clare Lake Loop Walk.
How many people in Claremorris live near a park?
87% 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 Claremorris?
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 Claremorris near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wild Nephin National Park, 43 km north-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 171 km². 2 more are within 100 km.
Sources
Where Claremorris’ 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).