What to do · Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains
Walk to the Upper Lake along the Green Road
Information
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 45 min
- Distance
- 3 km
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages; suitable for pushchairs on the track
- With a dog
- On a lead throughout the national park
The easiest walk in the valley and the one almost everyone does: the Green Road, a flat track among oaks linking the monastic city with the Upper Lake, returning along a wooden boardwalk beside the Lower Lake and its bog. From the park's information office it is a 3 km loop, about 45 minutes; from the visitor centre to the Upper Lake, about 20 minutes.
It is the national park's green trail. With small children, the boardwalk stretch is the favourite: you sometimes see lizards and dragonflies. Do not swim in the lakes: the park warns that there are no safe swimming areas or lifeguards.
With young childrenAs a familyWith a dog
