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Glendalough Monastic Site – Waterfall loop from Glendalough

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Glendalough Monastic Site – Waterfall loop from Glendalough

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Glendalough Monastic Site – Waterfall loop from Glendalough

04:51

16.2km

330m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Wicklow Mountains National Park

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2.75 km

Glendalough Monastic Site

Highlight • Religious Site

A really great old monastery complex - there is a lot to see

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Glendalough Monastic Site and Round Tower

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In the valley of the two lakes in Wicklow Mountain National Park you will find the famous monastery settlement Glendalough in addition to this special natural mixture of lakes, mountains …

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4.61 km

Lakes

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The Lower Lake is smaller and can be quickly circled.

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5.47 km

Lakeside Forest Path, Upper Lake, Wicklow Mountains National Park

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Parallel to the busy main path, a narrow, idyllic forest path leads directly along the shore of the Upper Lake, most of which is not marked on the map.

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6.95 km

Ruins

8.02 km

View of the Glenealo River and Valley

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The wild river Glenealo runs almost parallel to the hiking trail.

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8.21 km

Glendalough Miners' Village

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

The Glendalough Valley mine dates back to 1790. At the height of production, around 2,000 miners were busy extracting lead, zinc and silver here. 1957 came to an end.

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13.0 km

Lower Lake, Glendalough

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For the loop, you need about half an hour.

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16.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.00 km

2.78 km

2.60 km

953 m

541 m

320 m

Surfaces

11.1 km

4.06 km

811 m

133 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Tuesday 11 August

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Comments

August 27, 2024,Glendalough- Lower Lake- Poulanas Waterfall -Upper Lake -Miners Village - Glendalough

Shortened tour due to heavy rain beforehand. But there were super powerful waterfalls and lush greenery all around. At the Miners Village (more info: glendalough.ie/heritage/glendalough-mines/) there were even more waterfalls. For long-distance hikers, the Wicklow Way crosses the valley here, which is certainly recommended for its scenery. Today we continued on to Kilkenny on our Ireland road trip.

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June 26, 2023,🇮🇪 Glendalough - Wanderung in den Wicklow Mountains

Today there was a hike in the Wicklow Mountains, starting from Glendalough.... Past a very large and old cemetery. The special thing here: here is one of the highest, still preserved round towers from the past. Passing Lower and then Upper Lake we continued up the Miners Way, not a difficult path, very nice zig zag... Always along a creek. …

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May 12, 2026,Irland-Wicklow Way von Glendalough um Upper Lake

The Wicklow Way we started at the Visitor Center in Glendalough. We took the white route. It first leads along the shore of the Upper Lake and then steadily goes inland and uphill. The path is easy to manage for those sure-footed, but you should have stamina. The path consists of step-like stones at the beginning. You pass through "Miners …

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September 3, 2024,Spinc und die Weiße Route von Glendalough — Wicklow Mountains National Park

The path around the Upper Lake is fantastic. Great views... we went around to the left, which seemed better afterwards... The route is marked with white arrows (we started off a little differently at the beginning)
The circular path around the Lower Lake is only worth seeing because of the old cemetery... I would go back a bit afterwards and …

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June 11, 2022,Zwischenetappe Glenealo Valley & The Spinc

Today we hiked an intermediate stage and thought we would take it a little easier. Was nothing 😀
Sun all day or overcast, no rain.
The stage was very varied. At the beginning up to the Poulanass Waterfalls and further up on one side of the Upper Lake, first scree paths, then what felt like kilometers over the planks through …

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Glendalough Monastic Site – Waterfall loop from Glendalough

Glendalough Monastic Site

Glendalough Monastic Site and Round Tower

Lakes

Lakeside Forest Path, Upper Lake, Wicklow Mountains National Park

View of the Glenealo River and Valley

Waterfall

Glendalough Miners' Village

Lower Lake, Glendalough

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