Dog Pond, Dublin
Dog Pond is a lake near Army Road in Dublin, County Dublin, 3.2 km west of the centre. Asian lion, Sulawesi crested macaque and Dhole are within 220 m.
Formed during World War II when Nazi aircraft inadvertently dropped bombs on the park, forming the crater which is now filled with water.
Getting to Dog Pond
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Dog Pond is in Dublin, County Dublin. 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. Heuston Station Car Park is 740 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Dublin Zoo (8209), 140 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Dublin Zoo 140 m
bus 99Scheduled departures from this stop
- Br Water Quay 390 m
buses 80, 69, C5 and C6Scheduled departures from this stop
- Islandbridge Gate 450 m
buses 80, C6 and C5Scheduled departures from this stop
- Phoenix Hse 560 m
buses 80, 69, C6 and C5Scheduled departures from this stop
- Phoenix Park 670 m
buses 11 and 11BScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Dublin covers the journeys into the town itself.
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Dog Pond.
- Asian lion140 mAttractions
- Sulawesi crested macaque200 mAttractions
- Dublin Zoo210 mTicket
- 220 m
- Dhole220 mAttractions
- Zoovenir Shop250 mGift shops
Other lakes in Dublin
Nearest to Dog Pond first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Dog Pond, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 2.4 km
- Royal Canal2.5 kmRoyal Canal Way
- Royal Canal2.6 kmReilly Bridge
- Royal Canal2.6 kmRoyal Canal Way
- Royal Canal2.7 kmRoyal Canal Avenue
- 2.7 km
- Royal Canal2.7 kmRoyal Canal Way
- Machine Lake2.8 kmChesterfield Avenue
- 2.9 km
- Royal Canal3.0 kmWigan Road
- Royal Canal3.2 kmSaint Ignatius Road
- Royal Canal3.4 kmWhitworth Place
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- 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 way/41900780, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- 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.