First pick
Knockranny Woods
Wood or forest · 360 m outside town
74 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Keadew · parks, paths & countryside
Woods cover more of Keadew than of 9 in 10 Irish towns
Woods cover 13% of Keadew and the kilometre around it. 7 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Keadew, among them the Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil and Knockranny Wood Loop. Parks and playing fields in Keadew add up to 0.9 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Green space
0.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
2 km
0.3 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
4.7%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Kilronan Mountain Bog NHA
Woodland
13%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Keadew?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wooded country13% mapped woodland in and around town, more than 97% of Irish towns.On a long-distance trailThe Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil passes through.Parks can be a walk away100% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Keadew’s strongest suit is its woods, followed by the Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Against other towns
How Keadew 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 walk0%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
0out of 100
Public green space0.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
4out of 100
Footpaths0.3 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
9out of 100
Protected for nature4.7%of the land within 5 km
71out of 100
Woodland13%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
97out 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
Keadew has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (189 to 3,141 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
Keadew0.3
Towns its size0.7
Co. Roscommon towns0.3
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Keadew0.9
Towns its size3.8
Co. Roscommon towns2.9
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Keadew0%
Towns its size83%
Co. Roscommon towns55%
Typical Irish town92%
Keadew falls furthest behind on homes near a park, where 39 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 | Grange Upper Waterford | 1.4 | 1.5% | 6.6% | – |
| 15 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 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 | Keadew Roscommon | 0.3 | 13% | 4.7% | – |
| 28 | Kinnegad Westmeath | 0.3 | 4.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 29 | Donegal Donegal | 0.3 | 4% | 4.1% | 12% |
| 30 | Boyle Roscommon | 0.3 | 3.2% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Bailieborough Cavan | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Castleisland Kerry | 0.3 | 1.7% | 12% | – |
| 33 | Kanturk Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 5.1% | – |
| 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 Keadew’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 Keadew
The biggest is Knockranny Woods, 74 ha (183 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
Few Keadew 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Keadew0%
Co. Roscommon towns55%
Typical Irish town92%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
4.7% of the land around Keadew is protected for nature
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 Keadew0%
Within 5 km4.7%
Co. Roscommon towns2%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Keadew. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Kilronan Mountain Bog NHANatural Heritage Area · 4.4 km² · 1.3 km from the edge
NPWS pageProtected 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
Wild Nephin National Park is 84 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
84 km west171 km²
National Park
Glenveagh National Park
93 km north155 km²
2 of Ireland’s six National Parks are within 100 km of Keadew.
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 Keadew
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
2.4 km
over 7 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
13%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
7
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
KeadewCo. Roscommon townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
KeadewCo. Roscommon townsTypical Irish town
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
Keadew has less footpath per km² than 91% of Irish towns and more woodland than 97% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
Keadew is on the Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil
2 km of footpaths are mapped in Keadew and the kilometre around it, 0.3 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Long-distance wayWalking trail
Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil144.6 km
Knockranny Wood Loop1.0 km
Kilronan Castle Looped Walks - Kilronan Castle Loop4.4 km
Kilronan Castle Looped Walks - Lakeside Loop1.9 km
Kilronan Castle Looped Walks - Doon Point Loop2.4 km
Battlebridge - Drumhauver Bridge Loop9.9 km
Leitrim Way58.9 km
The Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil (145 km end to end) passes through Keadew. For a shorter walk, the Battlebridge - Drumhauver Bridge Loop is 9.9 km, graded easy. One cycling or paddling trail also starts within 5 km.
One more waymarked walk on OpenStreetMap
National
Miners Way & Historical Trail10.4 km
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). More waymarked walks: OpenStreetMap route relations (ODbL) within 2 km, those already on the register left out. 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 Keadew: 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 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 125 | 101 | 97 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 96 | 103 | 88 | 116 | 129 | 135 |
April is the driest month (78 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 19 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.4 hours of daylight in December, and 135 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Keadew →
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.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Keadew
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
DrumshanboCarrick-On-ShannonBoyleKeadew
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keadew | 0% | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4.7% |
| Drumshanbo 6.6 km | 48% | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.5% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon 12 km | 64% | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| Boyle 14 km | 49% | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0% |
In Carrick-On-Shannon, 64% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Carrick-On-Shannon has at least twice Keadew’s green space per resident.
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 Keadew
Is there protected countryside near Keadew?
Yes: 4.7% of the land within 5 km is protected, in one site. The nearest is Kilronan Mountain Bog NHA, 1.3 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Keadew?
7 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Miner's Way & Historical Trail - Slí an Mhianadóra & Conair Stairiúil, Knockranny Wood Loop and Kilronan Castle Looped Walks - Kilronan Castle Loop.
How many people in Keadew live near a park?
0% 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 Keadew?
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 Keadew near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wild Nephin National Park, 84 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 171 km². One more is within 100 km.
What is there to do outdoors around Keadew?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Keadew’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).