Dublin bus to the Dublin Mountains

Neeson

Is there a Dublin Bus route which passes the Dublin Mountains? What would be the nearest stop and how far would it be to walk from there?

I might take a gander around the woods sometime. Do they have a trail to follow and would it be safe to go deeper into the woods alone, in daylight of course?

Cool Mo D

The 44 to Enniskerry is in walking distance of plenty of hills. There's also route 185 to Powerscourt. It's near the Wicklow way. There's a few other non-Dublin Bus services that serve the mountains. St Kevin's Bus for one, but they are not frequent.

KD345

Depending on the part of the mountain you plan to go, there are a number of routes which would leave you within a short walk.

Routes 15 and 15B will bring you to Stocking Avenue, where you can walk towards The Hell Fire Club and Massey Wood.

Route 161 and selected departures on route 61 will leave you close to Tibradden and the Pine Forrest and Kilmashogue.

Route 44B is probably the bus which services the Dublin Mountains the most. It passes through the Ticknock area.

If heading towards the Wicklow area, route 44 also skirts the mountain area serving Stepaside, The Scalp and Enniskerry, route 65 will take you to Blessington.

You should take care to check timetables for all routes as some can be infrequent. All Dublin Bus timetable contain a stop map which might help you plan your walk.

Neeson

Do you know which site would have the best view?

Which is the highest part?

dogmatix

The 16 bus terminates in Kingston above Ballinteer - handy for hikes to the top of the three rock. About an hour to the top from the 16 terminus. It also goes by Marley park so is handy for the wicklow way and will leave you close to Tibradden, Pine Forrest and Kilmashogue.

The 14 and 75 also pass through Ballinteer and are handy for Marley park.

As for safety - never heard of any problems and the woods are safe to walk in. Most crime is of the car break in variety, although teenage cider parties are not unknown after dark.

The three rock has great views - all of dublin below plus the sea. On very rare occassions, you can see as far north as the Mourne mountains and east towards the Welsh coast and snowdonia.

stop

For something soft, get the 44b to its terminus, then walk towards tibradden, turn east when you get to the wicklow way and that'll take you over to three rock. Nice views of the city from there and a short stroll back down to rathfarnham/sandyford/stepaside.

Gingersnaps

Check out this site before you go. www.dublinmountains.ie

Carawaystick

There's also the St Kevin's bus, which'll bring you to Glendalough/Roundwood/Calary

and there's some route 65 which say they serve Ballyknockan, above Blessington lake which is in the mountains.

Conway635

The 44B has the distinction of being the highest Dublin Bus route, it reaches 1,026 feet at a point a couple of miles before the terminus. It also passes Johnny Foxes Pub.

The 185 will take you from Bray through Enniskerry and up a steep hill along the road towards Glencree (but not reaching Glencree), terminating at a point that is described in the timetable as "Shop River" although you will find neither a shop, nor a river, at that location.

C635

loyatemu

145 will get you to the foot of the Sugarloaf.

Alun

Conway635 wrote: »

The 185 will take you from Bray through Enniskerry and up a steep hill along the road towards Glencree (but not reaching Glencree), terminating at a point that is described in the timetable as "Shop River" although you will find neither a shop, nor a river, at that location.

Don't know about the shop but there is a small river, or stream, depending on your point of view that goes under the road a couple of hundred meters further on from the bus stop.

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