
Downings, County Donegal
Things to do in Downings
Find places that fit your time and your plans. 4 of them are in Downings itself and 121 more within twelve kilometres, because the castle outside the village is usually the reason to go to the village.
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More places to explore
- MonumentsLaurentic Gun670 m from the centreOutdoors · About 15 min
- LakesRosapenna Lake860 m from the centreOutdoors · About 30 min
- Information boardsMurlog880 m from the centre
- HillsGáinne Mór1.5 km from the centreOutdoors
- BeachesTra Mór2.5 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- ParksStrand Park3.2 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- BeachesDuaibh / Dooey3.6 km north of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- BeachesÀn Trá Mor3.7 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- AttractionsTeach John Mici Bán3.8 km south-east of DowningsSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- BeachesTra na Rossan3.9 km north of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- BeachesRosses Strand3.9 km north of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- BeachesRosses Strand4.1 km north of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- LakesLough Naposte4.2 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- HillsCrockangallagher4.3 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors
- BeachesMarble Hill Strand4.5 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- MonumentsHarry Blaney Bridge4.6 km east of DowningsOutdoors · About 15 min
- HillsCnoc na Sleá4.6 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors
- BeachesMarble Hill Strand4.6 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- HillsCrockalaght4.9 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesGlenree Lough4.9 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Nagreany5.1 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Solomon5.1 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Cool5.2 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesManus's Lough5.3 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesMelmore Lough5.4 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Nameeltoge5.5 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Boy5.8 km north of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Lilly5.9 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- ViewpointsThe Polduce6 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesDrum Lough6.1 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- ViewpointsMelmore Head6.3 km north of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesLough Beg6.4 km east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Naglea6.5 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesBallyhork Lough6.5 km east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Doo6.6 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesSessagh Lake6.7 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- AttractionsThe Tunnel6.8 km south-west of DowningsSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- Ringforts and sitesDermot & Grania's Bed6.8 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesDermot & Grania's Bed6.8 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesGortnaglen Lough6.8 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesGortnatraw Lough6.8 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ringforts and sitesSandhill Mass Rock7.1 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- BeachesKillahoey Beach7.2 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- RuinsMelmore Tower7.3 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsKnocknafaugher7.3 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors
- BeachesKillahoey Beach7.5 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- LakesLough Nambraddan7.5 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ringforts and sitesDermot & Grania's Bed7.7 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesLough Beg7.7 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- MonumentsLockheed Hudson bomber 19427.8 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 15 min
- HillsCroaghnamaddy7.8 km west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesLough Nasmullan7.8 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Avaddy8 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- ViewpointsHorn Head8.1 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesDoonbane8.1 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesKill Lough8.1 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- HillsKill Mountain8.2 km west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesLough Loughan8.2 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- MonumentsBallyhooriksy Monument8.3 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 15 min
- HillsCrocknakilla8.3 km west of DowningsOutdoors
- RuinsClondahorkey church8.5 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- MonumentsAnchor8.6 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 15 min
- RuinsDunfanaghy Castle8.7 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesDermot & Grania's Bed8.7 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesCasey Lough8.7 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ringforts and sitesDermot & Grania's Bed8.9 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesLough Anirvone8.9 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesToragh Lough8.9 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- HillsCrockshee9.1 km west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesLough More9.1 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- MuseumsDunfanaghy Workhouse9.2 km west of DowningsIndoors · About 1 hr
- LakesColumbkille's Lough9.2 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLough Natooey9.3 km south-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- HillsCoastguard Hill9.4 km west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesTamney Lough9.4 km east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesGlen Lough9.4 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- RuinsCoastguard Station9.5 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- Nature reservesDuntally Wood Nature Reserve9.5 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 45 min
- LakesMaghera Lough9.5 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesCrees Lough9.6 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesCarrick Lough9.6 km south of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- RuinsHorn Head Signal Tower9.7 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsCrocknabuckan9.7 km west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesLough Nambraddan9.7 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesKilloughcarran Lough9.8 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- HillsCrockglass10 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors
- LakesPurt Lough10.1 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- BeachesThe White Shore10.2 km north-east of DowningsOutdoors · About 1 hr
- LakesLough Natooey South10.3 km south-west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ringforts and sitesCourt Tomb10.4 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesDoolough10.4 km east of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesNew Lake10.4 km west of DowningsOutdoors · About 30 min
Showing 96 of 125 places, with photographs first. Every kind of place in Downings lists the rest.
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in Downings
121
within 12 km
94
outdoors
4
indoors
16
for children
By kind
While you are there
9 places to eat and 7 places to stay on the map in Downings, and 2 bus and train lines calling here.
Questions people ask
What is there to do in Downings?
4 places inside Downings and 121 more within twelve kilometres, mostly lakes, hills and beaches.
How is indoors or outdoors decided?
By what kind of place each one is: a museum is indoors, a park is not, a castle is some of each. OpenStreetMap carries an indoor tag on about one visitor place in three hundred, so a filter built on the tag would hide almost everything. This is a rule about kinds of place, not a claim about any one of them.
Does with kids mean it is suitable for my child?
No. It means the kind of place children generally do: playgrounds, beaches, parks, zoos, museums. The map records an age limit on a handful of places in the country, so nothing here claims a place suits a particular age.
What does it cost, and when is it open?
This page does not say. OpenStreetMap records a fee on about one visitor place in sixty and opening hours on one in fifty, so stating either would mean guessing for almost everything. Each place's own page shows what the map does hold and links to the operator.
How do you get to Downings?
2 bus and train lines call at a stop in Downings in the published timetable, run by Patrick Gallagher Travel and TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim. Which of them runs on the day you are going, and how long it takes from where you are starting, is worked out on the Getting to Downings page.
Places are OpenStreetMap records and each links to the one it came from. Indoors, outdoors and with kids are worked out from what kind of place a thing is, not from tags on it, because the tags exist on almost none of them. Visit lengths are a default for each kind. Distances are straight lines from the centre of Downings.