Ballycroy National Park Visitor Centre
Tel: + 353 (0)98 49888
Fax: + 353 (0)98 49879
Email: ballycroyvisitorcentre@environ.ie
Web: www.ballycroynationalpark.ie
Ballycroy National Park was established in November 1998, it is Ireland’s sixth National Park and is located on the Western seaboard in northwest Mayo. It comprises of 11,000 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and mountainous terrain, covering a vast uninhabited and unspoilt wilderness dominated by the Nephin Beg mountain range. Between Nephin beg and Slieve Carr, at 721metres above sea level, the highest mountain in the range, lie the Scardaun Loughs.
Directiions: Take the Mullranny road from Bangor. After 17km you should reach Ballycroy National Park Visitors Centre.
Tourism Pure Walking Holidays
Tourism Pure (Barry Murphy) leads guided walks in Erris, from inland forest and blanket bog landscapes, to The Nephin Beg mountain range and the magnificent, remote Bangor Trail national waymarked way, to coastal cliffs, sandy beaches and offshore islands. Discover the varied beauty of Erris by getting out into its wild nature on foot. Walking tours can be combined with cycle hire.
The Bangor Trail
The 48Km Bangor Trail is walk in Erris which passes through a beautiful and remote part of its countryside a larger part of the trail is off-road.
The Bangor Trail is regarded as one of the finest walks in the country passing from Newport through the Nephin Beag mountain range to Bangor.
Maps for this trail are available in the Local Tourist Information Offices or contact the Iorras Domhnann Tourist office at 097 81500 for more information.
Mayo walks – Erris Head Walk
The Erris Head Loop is a coastal 5 kilometer walk which takes in some of the spectacular scenery craved by the Atlantic Ocean from the tops of the cliffs of Erris head. The loop walk allows you to take in the scenery and wild life found in this rugged landscape. For more details please pick up a guide in the Local Tourist offices or contact the Iorras Domhnann Tourist office at 097 81500 for more information.
Siuloidi Iorrais – Erris walks
There is a collection of 24 walks documented for around Erris.
A guidebook has been written for the walking enthusiast with details of the walks. This guidebook consists of a series of twenty-four recommended walks (twenty three circular’ one linear) ranging in distance from 3Km to 21Km and graded from easy to moderate.
Each walk is accompanied by;
- Map showing the walking route
- Trail directions
- Distance in Kilometers
- Place names and their meanings
The guidebook is available in the local bookshops and in the local Tourist Information Offices or contact the Iorras Domhnann Tourist office at 097 81500 for more information.
Mayo walks – Ceathrú Thaidhg Walk
The Ceathrú Thaidhg walk has been described by Lonely Planet as “The finest sustained coastal walk in western Ireland, with a profusion of precipitous cliffs, crags, caves, chasms and islands along the remote North Mayo coast.” The walk starts in the car park of Seanscoil information centre and is a challenging 10 kilometer walk which takes in some beautiful west coast of Ireland scenery in the Barony of Erris. For more details please pick up a guide in the Local Tourist offices or contact the Iorras Domhnann Tourist office at 097 81500 for more information.