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Gartan Lough, near Kilmacrennan

Gartan Lough is a lake in County Donegal, 9.9 km south-west of Kilmacrennan.

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9.9 km south-west, in a straight line
Gartan Lough, as seen from the R251 between Church Hill and Gartan Bridge, looking west.
Gartan Lough, as seen from the R251 between Church Hill and Gartan Bridge, looking west.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Gartan Lough, as seen from the R251 between Church Hill and Gartan Bridge, looking west.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Gartan Lough is in Kilmacrennan, County Donegal. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

It is 9.9 km south-west of the centre of Kilmacrennan in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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The nearest scheduled stop is Church Hill (12263), 1.8 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Church Hill 1.8 km
    bus 971
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  • Lacknacoo 2.0 km
    bus GWB
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Getting to Kilmacrennan covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other lakes in Kilmacrennan

Nearest to Gartan Lough first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Gartan Lough, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 62 lakes in Kilmacrennan

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Where is Gartan Lough?
Near Kilmacrennan, County Donegal, 9.9 km south-west of the centre.
What are the opening hours of Gartan Lough?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is Gartan Lough from the centre of Kilmacrennan?
9.9 km south-west of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other lakes near Gartan Lough?
62 in Kilmacrennan altogether. The nearest are Lough Beg, Claggan Lough and Lough Meeltoge.
How do you get to Gartan Lough without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Church Hill, 1.8 km away in a straight line, and bus 971 call there, run by TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap a11080001, and can be corrected there.
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Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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