
Johnstown, County Kildare
Things to do in Johnstown
Find places that fit your time and your plans. 2 of them are in Johnstown itself and 135 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
- Historic churchesSt. John's Church150 m from the centreSome of it indoors
- ParksKerdiffstown Park820 m from the centreOutdoors · About 30 min
- Historic churchesFurness Church2 km south-east of JohnstownSome of it indoors
- WoodsNaas Park2.1 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- ParksMonread District Park Woods2.2 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ParksMonread District Park2.3 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ParksMonread District Park2.4 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ParksThe Dip2.4 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ParksBig Green2.5 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- WoodsMcCullagh's Wood2.5 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- ParksLittle Green2.6 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- RuinsUnknown2.6 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesLock 152.6 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- RuinsOld LockKeepers Cottage (ruin)2.7 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- WoodsMcCullagh's Wood2.7 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- LakesOctagon Pond3 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesLock 143.1 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- Picnic sitesPoplar Square3.2 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors
- Holy wellsSt. Bridget's Well3.2 km east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesNorth Mote3.4 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsKill Hill3.4 km east of JohnstownOutdoors
- LakesNaas Canal Basin3.6 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ParksFair Green3.7 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ParksNaas Workhouse Cemetery3.8 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- MonumentsWolfe Tone Memorial4.3 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesRathmore Motte4.4 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsBlack Hill4.6 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors
- CastlesCastle Rag4.8 km south-west of JohnstownSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- Ringforts and sitesLittle Rath5 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsBarrettstown Hill5.3 km west of JohnstownOutdoors
- Holy wellsWhite Well5.4 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- CastlesOughterard Castle5.7 km north-east of JohnstownSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- Holy wellsLady's Well5.8 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsArthur Guinness Grave6 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- Historic churchesOughterard Church6 km north-east of JohnstownSome of it indoors
- WoodsKilteel Wood6 km east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsDunne's Island6.7 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- LakesBoston Quarry6.8 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- RuinsSunday's Well6.9 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- MonumentsKing Mesgegra’s Mound & later Norman Motte6.9 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesClane Motte6.9 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesSite of Carragh Parish Church (C of I)7 km west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- GardensPark View Memorial Garden7.1 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- MonumentsMillennium Cross7.2 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- PlaygroundsClane Playground7.2 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 45 min
- RuinsAbbeylands7.2 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- MonumentsVenerable Fr John Sullivan Memorial7.3 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsSite of St. Ailbe's Monastery7.3 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsCelebrating Community7.3 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsICA7.3 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- LakesClane Quarry Lake7.3 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- ShrinesMarian Shrine7.4 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors
- Ringforts and sitesTumulus7.4 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- WoodsCullen's Hill Wood7.5 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- WoodsGlen Ding Wood7.6 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- Monuments1798 Rebellion Memorial7.7 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsAnother Season7.7 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesLongtown Moat7.7 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- MonumentsCoiseanna Hill 17987.7 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- ParksThe Triangle7.7 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- WoodsGlen Ding Wood7.7 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- Holy wellsWard's Well7.8 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesKavanagh's Rath7.9 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- ParksCommunity Garden7.9 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- Historic housesTipperstown House7.9 km north-east of JohnstownSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- HillsSlieveroe8.1 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors
- MuseumsMuseum of Motorsport8.3 km west of JohnstownIndoors · About 1 hr
- RuinsSaint Patrick's Church8.4 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- HillsLyons Hill8.4 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors
- WoodsIcehouse Wood8.4 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- RuinsChurch8.5 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- GardensLodge Park Walled Garden8.6 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- HillsCupidstown Hill8.6 km east of JohnstownOutdoors
- RuinsAthgoe Castle8.7 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- WoodsBlessington Demesne8.7 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- RuinsLoughanure Moat8.8 km north-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- Historic housesKillybegs House8.8 km north-west of JohnstownSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- CastlesReeves Castle8.8 km north-east of JohnstownSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- LakesWater Control Gate Grand Canal Corbally Branch8.8 km south-west of JohnstownOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ringforts and sitesRichardstown Castle9 km north of JohnstownOutdoors · About 20 min
- GardensHunting Brook9.2 km east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 40 min
- HillsAthgoe Hill9.3 km north-east of JohnstownOutdoors
- MonumentsDuke of Downshire Monument9.5 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsThe Square Renewal9.5 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsDame Ninette de Valois9.5 km south-east of JohnstownOutdoors · About 15 min
Showing 96 of 137 places, with photographs first. Every kind of place in Johnstown lists the rest.
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While you are there
5 places to eat and 1 place to stay on the map in Johnstown, and 14 bus and train lines calling here.
Questions people ask
What is there to do in Johnstown?
2 places inside Johnstown and 135 more within twelve kilometres, mostly monuments, ruins and parks.
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 Johnstown?
14 bus and train lines call at a stop in Johnstown in the published timetable, run by Dublin Coach, Go-Ahead Ireland and JJ Kavanagh. 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 Johnstown 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 Johnstown.