What to do · Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains
Miners' Road walk to the mining village
Information
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 1 h
- Distance
- 5 km
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages
- With a dog
- On a lead throughout the national park
A nearly flat track along the north shore of the Upper Lake to the head of the valley, where the ruins of the village of the miners who worked in the valley still stand. It is 5 km out and back, an hour, waymarked with purple arrows. Across the lake you will see the hollow in the rock known as St Kevin's Bed, the cave where the saint is said to have withdrawn.
It is the best option if you are with children or if the weather is not right for climbing the Spinc: the track is wide and you cannot get lost. Along the way there are often feral goats.
With young childrenAs a familyWith a dog
