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A path through bog and heath in Connemara National Park, with the Twelve Bens mountains behind

Connemara National Park: map

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Mountains & rock

Arrival

Surroundings

Arrival · Main entrance with car park

Connemara National Park Visitor Centre

Start of all four trails, with café, toilets and playground. Wednesday to Sunday 9:00 to 17:30.

Visiting Connemara National Park: bog, heath and the Twelve Bens

Visitor centre

In the former farm buildings of the industrial school: café, toilets, playground, picnic areas and education centre. Evening lectures on Wednesdays are free.

National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS): Connemara National Park – area, entry, opening, getting there ↗

Tickets & entrance fees: park, visitor centre and parking free

Free parking

“There is no charge for parking.” The car park at the visitor centre is for day visits only; camper vans may not stay overnight.

National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS): Connemara National Park – area, entry, opening, getting there ↗

Where to stay: Letterfrack, Clifden or wild camping

Camper vans

The car park is for day visits only; for the night the NPWS recommends the local camper van sites.

NPWS: Connemara National Park – walking trails, hill walking, wild camping ↗

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Hikers on the path up Diamond Hill in Connemara National Park, with heath and bog all around
Photo: Karie Kuiper ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Mountains & rock · Viewpoint hill

Diamond Hill (Binn Ghuaire)

Destination of the Upper Diamond Hill Trail, with views of the Twelve Bens and Kylemore Abbey.

The viewpoint hill above Letterfrack.

Upper trail
3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Lower trail
3 km (1.9 mi)

Hikes & routes: four trails from the visitor centre

Lower Diamond Hill, 3 km

Moderate, 90 m (295 ft) of climbing on an old bog road, steps and boardwalk to Big Rock, with views of the Atlantic.

NPWS: Connemara National Park – walking trails, hill walking, wild camping ↗

Hikes & routes: four trails from the visitor centre

Upper Diamond Hill, 3.7 km

Strenuous, on well-maintained stone and gravel paths to the summit and back over boardwalks; at the top a panorama of the Twelve Bens and Kylemore Abbey.

NPWS: Connemara National Park – walking trails, hill walking, wild camping ↗

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Mountains & rock · Peak of the Twelve Bens

Muckanaght (Mucanacht)

Off the trails; only for experienced hillwalkers with map and compass.

Hikes & routes: four trails from the visitor centre

Off the trails

There are no other trails. If you want to go deeper into the park, you need experience, a map and a compass; Ordnance Survey sheet 37 covers the park.

NPWS: Connemara National Park – walking trails, hill walking, wild camping ↗

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Mountains & rock · Highest mountain in County Galway, on the park edge

Benbaun (An Bhinn Bhán)

725 m (2,379 ft); no waymarked trail.

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Surroundings · Village on the N59, outside

Letterfrack

The park entrance is 200 m beyond the village; bus stop for Galway, Clifden and Westport.

How to get there: on the N59 to Letterfrack, by bus from Galway or Clifden

By bus

Bus Éireann (route 419) and Citylink (route 923) run from Galway and Clifden to Letterfrack, Bus Éireann 423 from Westport.

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Kylemore Abbey near Connemara National Park on the shore of a lake in front of a wooded slope
Photo: Stipa Jennifer ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Surroundings · Abbey, outside the park

Kylemore Abbey

Part of the park once belonged to the Kylemore estate; visible from Diamond Hill.

The park's neighbour and former owner of part of its land.

Location
outside the park
From Diamond Hill
visible

Tickets & entrance fees: park, visitor centre and parking free

Kylemore Abbey is not part of it

The abbey lies outside the park boundary; it is a separate destination and not part of the national park.

NPWS: Connemara National Park – history (Kylemore, industrial school, Marconi) ↗

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Surroundings · Small town, 15 km away

Clifden

Via the N59 to Letterfrack; buses to Galway.

How to get there: on the N59 to Letterfrack, by bus from Galway or Clifden

From Clifden: 15 km

On the N59 towards Westport; before Letterfrack a sign on the right points to the national park (9 mi).

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Surroundings · Village on Killary Harbour, 20 km away

Leenane

Landing for the boat trips on Killary Fjord.

How to get there: on the N59 to Letterfrack, by bus from Galway or Clifden

From Westport and Leenane

Via the N59 to Letterfrack: from Westport about 53 km (33 mi), from Leenane about 20 km (12 mi).

National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS): Connemara National Park – area, entry, opening, getting there ↗

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Surroundings · Village by the Inagh Valley

Recess (Sraith Salach)

Turn-off into the Inagh Valley on the shorter route from Galway.

How to get there: on the N59 to Letterfrack, by bus from Galway or Clifden

From Galway: 82 or 93 km

Via the N59 to Recess and through the Inagh Valley it is about 82 km (51 mi), via Clifden about 93 km (58 mi).

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Mountains & rock · Coastal mountain, outside

Tully Mountain

In view from Diamond Hill, known locally as Letter Hill.

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Locations verified from the linked original sources and OpenStreetMap. The map shows no trails or park boundaries; markers do not imply that access is permitted.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap. Elevation: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data); 3DEP, GMTED2010 and SRTM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey; EU-DEM (Copernicus, European Union); ETOPO1 (NOAA); ArcticDEM (NSF, DigitalGlobe); Geoscience Australia; Open Data Austria (DGM); Open Government Licence – Canada; INEGI; Land Information New Zealand; Kartverket; Environment Agency (UK).

Park photo: Photo: Beni Arnold ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗

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