# Miners' Road walk to the mining village

What to do en Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains · Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/miners-road-walk · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: All ages

Out and back · 5 km · 1 h · easy · along the north shore of the Upper Lake to the ruins of the mining village · purple trail

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 Across the lake you will see the hollow in the rock known as St Kevin's Bed, the cave where the saint is said to have withdrawn.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.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.nationalparks.ie/wicklow/things-to-do/
- Coordenadas: 53.009, -6.338

## Cerca de aquí

- [The Spinc and Glenealo Valley walk](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/spinc-and-glenealo-loop), a 0 m
- [Walk to the Upper Lake along the Green Road](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/green-road-upper-lake), a 0 m
- [Poulanass Waterfall and St Kevin's Cell](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/poulanass-waterfall), a 283 m
- [Glendalough International Hostel (An Óige)](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/where-to-stay/glendalough-international-hostel), a 607 m
- [St Kevin's monastic city and the round tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/monastic-city-and-round-tower), a 724 m
- [Casey's Bar & Bistro, at the Glendalough Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/where-to-eat/caseys-bar-glendalough-hotel), a 881 m
- [The Glendalough Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/where-to-stay/glendalough-hotel), a 881 m
- [Glendalough Visitor Centre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/glendalough-visitor-centre), a 1.0 km

Destino: [Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough.md)