Skip to content

Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve

Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve from directly overhead

Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Slieve Snaght stands 615 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Abbey, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates55.08926, -7.56162

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Croaghan Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Inch Top: 2.3 mi
  • Lackan Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Ardnamohane: 2.9 mi
  • Craigcannon: 3.0 mi
Parks: 37
  • Rathmullan House Walled Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Car Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dooish Mountain: 9.2 mi
  • Kilmacrennan Celtic FC: 9.6 mi
  • Foxhill open Park: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 26
Beaches: 22
  • Back Bay: 1.8 mi
  • Mullanadee Shore: 2.0 mi
  • Carricknaha: 2.3 mi
  • Brown Shore: 3.1 mi
  • Millybay: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Gap of Marmore: 10.2 mi
  • Teach John Mici Bán: 10.7 mi
  • Dry Arch Monument: 11.4 mi
  • PoleStar Monument: 11.5 mi
  • Craft Village: 11.5 mi
Museums: 11
Springs: 8
  • Fahan Holy Well: 3.8 mi
  • St. Patrick's Well: 7.0 mi
  • Saint Boyne's Well: 9.6 mi
  • Tober Well: 9.6 mi
  • Doon Well: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Glenevin Waterfall: 12.8 mi
  • Dungeon Waterfall: 16.4 mi
  • Corbylin Waterfall: 16.8 mi
  • Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 18.0 mi
  • Astelleen Burn Waterfall: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Ballynashallog Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • McDonald's Outdoor Seating Area: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Maumlack Corrie Headwall: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve SnaghtNE 50°614.6 m11.6 mi
Slieve MainNE 51°514 m10.7 mi
Raghtin MoreNNE 18°502 m12.1 mi
Wee Slieve SnaghtNE 48°500 m11.9 mi
BulbinNNE 27°494 m10.6 mi
Scalp MountainE 90°484 m7.8 mi
Loughsalt MountainW 268°469 m9.1 mi
CrockmainNNE 17°460 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3417:5518:43
June solstice04:5121:1322:15
September equinox07:1618:4419:32
December solstice08:5514:4916:03

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Variegated Scallop9 obs
  • Common Atlantic Slippersnail8 obs
  • Common Whelk8 obs
  • Pacific Oyster7 obs
  • Common Sea Star5 obs
  • Green Sea Urchin5 obs
  • Compass Jelly5 obs
  • Turban Topshell5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4894287632

More nature reserves in Ireland

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens