First pick
Lisanisk Lakeside Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.5 km of path
0.6 km eastfrom the centre
Lisanisk Lakeside Park
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: James Emmans · CC BY-SA 2.064%near a park
Outdoors in Carrickmacross · parks, paths & countryside
Parks and walks in Carrickmacross
There are 1.0 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Carrickmacross, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. 7 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.3 for every square kilometre. 64% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field.
Near a park
64%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
1.0 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
7 km
0.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
5.5%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Against other towns
How Carrickmacross 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 walk64%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
14out of 100
Public green space1.0 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
5out of 100
Footpaths0.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
8out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland5.5%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
78out 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
Carrickmacross has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (5,226 to 6,322 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From St Stephen's Green (7.4 km per km²) to Oranmore (0.3 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Carrickmacross0.3
Towns its size2.1
Co. Monaghan towns1.0
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Carrickmacross1.0
Towns its size4.4
Co. Monaghan towns1.4
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Carrickmacross64%
Towns its size93%
Co. Monaghan towns67%
Typical Irish town92%
Carrickmacross falls furthest behind on path per km², where 36 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Stephen's Green Dublin | 7.4 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 11% |
| 2 | Portobello Dublin | 7.2 | 1.2% | 0.1% | 8.8% |
| 3 | Gillabbey Cork | 7.1 | 2.6% | 0.5% | – |
| 4 | Glasheen Cork | 6.4 | 2.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 5 | Ballyboden Dublin | 5.9 | 4.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 6 | The Glen Cork | 5.7 | 4% | 1.8% | – |
| 7 | Edmondstown Dublin | 5.1 | 7.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 8 | Ballinlough Cork | 4.9 | 3.2% | 3.8% | – |
| 9 | Rathgar Dublin | 4.8 | 3.5% | 0.1% | – |
| 10 | Knocknaheeny Cork | 4.7 | 2.4% | 0.2% | – |
| 11 | Knockrea Cork | 4.7 | 3.1% | 3.7% | – |
| 12 | Inchicore Dublin | 4.5 | 3.9% | 0% | – |
| 13 | Ayrfield Dublin | 3.8 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 19% |
| 14 | Garryowen Limerick | 3.4 | 0.5% | 9.6% | – |
| 15 | Salthill Galway | 3.3 | 1% | 15% | 46% |
| 16 | Marino Dublin | 3.3 | 2% | 2.8% | 10% |
| 17 | Harmonstown Dublin | 3.2 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 23% |
| 18 | Galvone Limerick | 2.9 | 0.7% | 8.3% | – |
| 19 | Dock Limerick | 2.5 | 1.3% | 12% | – |
| 20 | Sutton Dublin | 2.5 | 0.7% | 12% | 48% |
| 21 | Lisduggan Waterford | 1.8 | 0% | 5.8% | – |
| 22 | Carrigtwohill Cork | 1.8 | 5.1% | 12% | – |
| 23 | Ballinfoile and Terryland Galway | 1.7 | 2.1% | 22% | 13% |
| 24 | Rathcoole Dublin | 1.6 | 2.4% | 0% | – |
| 25 | Sallins Kildare | 1.6 | 0.8% | 0% | – |
| 26 | Blessington Wicklow | 1.4 | 10% | 1.9% | – |
| 27 | Passage West-Monkstown Cork | 1.2 | 3.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 28 | Inishkenny Cork | 1.1 | 4.2% | 0.2% | – |
| 29 | Ballybeg Waterford | 1 | 1.2% | 4.1% | – |
| 30 | Ardee Louth | 0.9 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 31 | Kinsale Cork | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 21% |
| 32 | Ferrybank Kilkenny | 0.8 | 4.1% | 6.6% | – |
| 33 | Monasterevin Kildare | 0.6 | 16% | 2% | – |
| 34 | Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary | 0.5 | 9.9% | 4% | – |
| 35 | Ballybofey-Stranorlar Donegal | 0.4 | 7.7% | 2.3% | – |
| 36 | Loughrea Galway | 0.4 | 1.7% | 4.7% | – |
| 37 | Carrickmacross Monaghan | 0.3 | 5.5% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Tipperary Tipperary | 0.3 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 39 | Roscrea Tipperary | 0.3 | 3.4% | 7.9% | – |
| 40 | Oranmore Galway | 0.3 | 2% | 5.2% | 13% |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Carrickmacross’ 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 Carrickmacross
The biggest is Lisanisk Lakeside Park, 1.1 ha (3 acres).
Cloughvalley Park
Park or garden
1.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Carrickmacross
Directionsto a point inside
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
6 in 10 Carrickmacross 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 (64%)Further (36%)
Carrickmacross64%
Co. Monaghan towns67%
Typical Irish town92%
About 2,100 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 Carrickmacross
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 Carrickmacross.
National Parks
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 83 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
Wicklow Mountains National Park
83 km south223 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
7 km of footpaths cross Carrickmacross
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
7.0 km
over 20.8 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
5.5%
about 1.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CarrickmacrossCo. Monaghan townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CarrickmacrossCo. Monaghan townsTypical Irish town
Woodland5.5%
0%50%100%
Carrickmacross has less footpath per km² than 92% of Irish towns and more woodland than 78% 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 Carrickmacross
7 km of footpaths are mapped in Carrickmacross and the kilometre around it, 0.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
No waymarked trail starts within 5 km of Carrickmacross; 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.
History
One historic park or garden on the record in Carrickmacross
Parks, gardens, walled gardens and demesne walls in the town on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, each with its record.
GardenGarden, Saint Joseph's Terrace, Carrickmacrossfrom 1865Regional rating (NIAH)
The oldest dated is Garden, Saint Joseph's Terrace, Carrickmacross, from 1865.
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
When to get out
The best walking months in Carrickmacross: 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 87 | 73 | 68 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 69 | 95 | 96 | 97 |
May is the driest month (62 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.4 hours of daylight in December, and 97 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Carrickmacross →
Things to do
2 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 2
Plus 2 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 Carrickmacross
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
KingscourtCastleblayneyArdeeBailieboroughCarrickmacross
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrickmacross | 64% | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Kingscourt 10.0 km | 65% | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Castleblayney 16 km | 67% | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0% |
| Ardee 18 km | 49% | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8% |
| Bailieborough 18 km | 55% | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0% |
None of the neighbours has many more of its people near a park than Carrickmacross.
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 Carrickmacross
What is the biggest park in Carrickmacross?
Cloughvalley Park, 1.4 ha (3 acres). Lisanisk Lakeside Park (1.1 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
How many people in Carrickmacross live near a park?
64% 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 Carrickmacross?
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 Carrickmacross near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 83 km south of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
Which parks in Carrickmacross are historic?
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records one historic park, garden or demesne in the town: Garden, Saint Joseph's Terrace, Carrickmacross.
Sources
Where Carrickmacross’ 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
- Historic parks and gardens. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (CC BY 4.0)
- 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).