
Rathowen, County Westmeath
Things to do in Rathowen
Find places that fit your time and your plans. 1 of them is in Rathowen itself and 59 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
- Ringforts and sitesCastlekid1.8 km from the centreOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesAncient Ring Fort2.9 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesGlen Lough3.1 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- LakesGlen Lough3.5 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- MonumentsStreet Institute 1836 Knowledge is Power3.7 km north-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- PlaygroundsStreete Community5.2 km north-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 45 min
- Ringforts and sitesMotte and Bailey5.6 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesKilbixy Town (Site of)6 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Holy wellsBridget's Well6 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- LakesLough Iron6 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- WoodsBaronstown Forest6.1 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 40 min
- Ringforts and sitesMoataphuca6.2 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- CastlesCarrick Castle6.3 km south-east of RathowenSome of it indoors · About 45 min
- Holy wellsPriest's Well6.3 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Holy wellsSt. Bigseach Well6.4 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- LakesLough Ruddan6.6 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- Historic churchesTemplecross6.8 km south of RathowenSome of it indoors
- Holy wellsTobercrummeen6.8 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- RuinsChurch (ruins)7 km south-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesRaheen7 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Holy wellsRath Well7 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsEdgeworthstown Bypass7.3 km north-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- MuseumsThe Rectory7.3 km north-west of RathowenIndoors · About 1 hr
- Holy wellsKeenawa Well7.4 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- ParksEdgeworthstown Green7.8 km north-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- Holy wellsSt. Mary's Well7.9 km north-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Holy wellsCromeen's Well7.9 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Holy wellsBallyhanny Well8.7 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Historic churchesChurch (ruins)8.8 km south-west of RathowenSome of it indoors
- Holy wellsDoyle's Well8.8 km south-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- MonumentsBridge Memorial (Kenna)8.9 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Holy wellsLady Well9 km south-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesPiercefield Castle9.1 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- WoodsMaria's Bower9.1 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 40 min
- Ruins37th Lock Keeper's Cottage9.2 km south-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Historic churchesTempleoran Church9.2 km south-east of RathowenSome of it indoors
- WoodsMaria's Bower9.3 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 40 min
- Holy wellsKilpatrick Well9.5 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- RuinsOld Nunnery9.6 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesCoolure Demesne 210.1 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesCoolure Demesne 310.2 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ruins33rd Lock Keeper's House10.4 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Holy wellsColumbkille's Well10.4 km south-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- LakesRoyal Canal10.5 km south-west of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- Ruins32nd Lock Keeper's House10.9 km south of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- FortsArdagh Demesne11 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 40 min
- PlaygroundsArdagh_play11.2 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 45 min
- RuinsChurch (ruins)11.6 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesOld Court11.7 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- LakesLough Patrick11.7 km east of RathowenOutdoors · About 30 min
- Holy wellsSt. Brigid's Well11.8 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Holy wellsTobermichael11.8 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Ringforts and sitesLF019-122---- : Enclosure : OLDTOWN11.9 km west of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Ringforts and sitesLack Loman11.9 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 20 min
- Holy wellsTobersauntia11.9 km south-east of RathowenOutdoors · About 15 min
- Historic churchesSt. John the Baptist's Church12 km east of RathowenSome of it indoors
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in Rathowen
59
within 12 km
59
outdoors
7
indoors
5
for children
By kind
While you are there
0 places to eat and 1 place to stay on the map in Rathowen, and 2 bus and train lines calling here.
Questions people ask
What is there to do in Rathowen?
1 place inside Rathowen and 59 more within twelve kilometres, mostly holy wells, ringforts and sites and lakes.
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 Rathowen?
2 bus and train lines call at a stop in Rathowen in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann. 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 Rathowen 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 Rathowen.