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Ards Forest - Nature Trail

Ards Forest - Nature Trail is a waymarked route in County Donegal, 1.4 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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1.4 km

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1.4 km

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Distance: Nobody publishes one that this site has found1.4 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
County: County Donegal
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/8737939

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Ards Forest - Nature Trail in #ffff00, with the other routes from the same place behind it in grey. The line is continuous as the map draws it.

The other routes from the same place

These start within eight hundred metres of the same point and share parts of their length. The arrows are what tell them apart on the ground, so each is named with its colour here rather than shown only in it.

Route	Waymark	Published	Measured	Shape
Ards Forest - Nature Trail	#ffff00	None	1.4 km	One way
Ards Forest - Sand Dune Trail	Not recorded	None	0.8 km	One way
Ards Forest - Yellow Route	#ffff00	None	2.6 km	One way
Ards Forest - Green Route	#008000	None	3 km	One way

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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.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Ards Forest - Nature Trail is in Portnablagh, County Donegal. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Portnablagh, 3.4 km from where the line begins, in a straight line. The journeys below are worked out to the start of the walk itself, so the last stretch is measured rather than left to you.

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No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Ards Forest - Nature Trail. On-demand services may not be included.

Getting to Portnablagh covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Ards Forest - Nature Trail?

Measured along the line OpenStreetMap draws, 1.4 km. No published figure has been found for it.

Where does Ards Forest - Nature Trail start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 3.4 km from Portnablagh, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 4 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Ards Forest - Nature Trail (#ffff00) at 1.4 km, Ards Forest - Sand Dune Trail at 0.8 km, Ards Forest - Yellow Route (#ffff00) at 2.6 km, Ards Forest - Green Route (#008000) at 3 km. They share parts of their length and are told apart by the arrows, so the one you follow is the one whose colour you keep to.

Is it open today?

This page holds no closure notice for it, which is not the same as knowing it is open. Cliff paths and forest routes close after storms and during works, and those notices are published by the operator rather than on the map. The link above goes to whoever manages it.

Where this comes from

The route: The line, the name, the colour and the waymark are the OpenStreetMap relation relation/8737939, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here: The measured distance, whether the line is continuous, which settlement is nearest the start and every distance on this page are this site’s own calculations from that relation, last built on 2026-09-20. No climb is measured here, and no time is estimated: a walking time appears only where an operator publishes one.