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Ballyvaughan Wood loop

Ballyvaughan Wood loop is a waymarked loop in County Clare, 8.8 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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8 km

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8.8 km

measured on the map

Distance: 8 km as the map’s own distance tag has it8.8 km measured along the line the map draws
Climb: 15 m as the map records it. This site does not measure climb.
Shape: A loop, back to where it started
Network: Regional waymarked route
Managed by: Irish National Looped Walks
County: County Clare
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/2385278

The route will draw when you reach it.

Ballyvaughan Wood loop in dark green. The line comes in 2 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

Getting to Ballyvaughan Wood loop

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 works

Destination, access and nearby stops

Ballyvaughan Wood loop is in Ballyvaughan, County Clare. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Ballyvaughan, 260 m 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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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Burren Atlantic Hotel (11920), 180 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Burren Atlantic Hotel 180 m
bus 331
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Ballyvaughan 250 m
buses 350 and 351
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Ballyvaughan S 310 m
bus 331
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Ballyvaughan Pier 310 m
bus 351
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Getting to Ballyvaughan covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Ballyvaughan Wood loop?

The map records 8 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 8.8 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Ballyvaughan Wood loop start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 260 m from Ballyvaughan, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Why is the line broken on the map?

The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 2 pieces, which means the ways somebody drew for it do not meet end to end. The gaps are left as gaps here rather than bridged with a straight line, because a line drawn across a gap is an invitation to walk where there is no path. On the ground the route is almost certainly continuous; the map is what is incomplete.

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/2385278, 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.