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Red Trail, Giant's Causeway
Next nearby hike: Causeway Coast and Glens - 14 - Binevenagh 17 mi · 28 kmExplore Moyle →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Nov · highs 10–15 °C (50–59 °F)
- J8°5°130
- F7°5°92
- M8°6°101
- A9°7°76
- M10°8°70
- J12°10°78
- J14°12°84
- A15°13°101
- S14°12°110
- O12°10°146
- N10°8°137
- D9°6°135
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
Formal path, hard core gravel surfaces, uneven in places, single track in places, 162 steep stone steps ('Shepherd's Steps') with handrail, uneven and with various depths. Please be aware of unfenced cliff edges, high winds, steep steps and rock falls.
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.7 km · 2.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.1 km · 2.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 3.2 km N of Bushmills (Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Moyle
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Giants Causeway Visitor Centre, BT57 8SU;C 94447 43945;NR 12987 02580 → Giants Causeway Visitor Centre, BT57 8SU;C 94447 43945;NR 12987 02580
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 55.2383, -6.5106
- Route start
- 55.2336, -6.5163
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9749722
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/gian
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.
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