Peatlands Country Park was created specifically to aid and promote peatbog
awareness and conservation.
Nearest Town: Armagh
Distance: 5.5 miles (8.8km) Circular
Points of Interest: Visitor Centre/
Biodiversity Education Centre
Rich in flora and fauna, this unique 680
acre site can be explored along 5
waymarked paths and wooden walkways
ranging from 1 mile (1.6km) to 5.5 miles
(8.8km) in length.
Starting at the Visitor Centre, the longest
and most varied route is the Peatlands
Walk. It follows tarmac and woodchip
paths, waymarked with red arrows, and
leads through the Park’s two National
Nature Reserves. The trail begins through
woodland, over bog land and round
Derryadd Lough to Annagarriff Reserve.
Its 190 acres is comprised of four wooded
drumlin hills separated by areas of
regenerating bog. Annagariff is the only
place in Ireland you will find the rare Scottish
Wood Ant, which can build its nest to the
size of a double bed.
The route continues to Mullenakill Reserve.
This is a 54 acre uncut remnant of a once
much more extensive bog, with peat 9
metres deep, growing here untouched by
humans for over 8,000 years.
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