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Blue Trail, Mount Stewart
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Nov · highs 10–16 °C (50–61 °F)
- J8°5°84
- F7°4°61
- M8°5°69
- A10°6°60
- M12°8°62
- J14°11°66
- J16°13°64
- A16°13°77
- S15°12°74
- O13°10°93
- N10°7°92
- D8°5°84
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Takes in woodland and shelterbelt within the demesne, including the ruins of the folly.
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.2 km · 2.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 2.8 km NW of Greyabbey (Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Ards
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Visitor Reception, Mount Stewart, Portaferry Road, Newtownards, County Down BT22 2AD;J556694 → Visitor Reception, Mount Stewart, Portaferry Road, Newtownards, County Down BT22 2AD;J556694
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 54.5466, -5.5881
- Route start
- 54.5491, -5.5954
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9919818
- Official info
- nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.