Colmcille's Way - Donegal Way other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
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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
About 65 km (40 mi) long, Colmcille's Way - Donegal Way is a national hiking route in Donegal, Ireland. It is at Ardara. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 65 km · 40 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 67 km · 42 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Ardara (County Donegal, Ulster) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Donegal
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Operator (OSM)
- Donegal County Council;Údarás na Gaeltachta
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Local name
- Slí Cholmcille - Sli Dhun na nGall
- Route centre
- 54.6961, -8.5732
- Route start
- 54.7620, -8.4136
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14581058
- Wikidata
- Q3687629
- Official info
- sportireland.ie/redirect/trail/13
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.