Gortin Glen Forest Park Circular
County Tyrone
Gortin Glen Forest Park sits on the southern fringes of the Sperrins above the Owenkillew valley and offers a graded set of waymarked loops through Sitka spruce, native broadleaf and open heather clearings. The Ladies View Loop and the Pollan Burn Trail combine into a fine dog friendly circular, with multiple viewpoints and a good chance of seeing red squirrel on the quieter woodland sections.
Dogs are welcome on a lead throughout with shared mountain bike trails the main reason to keep leads on. Surfaces are compacted forest road and rolling gravel track with a few short wooded descents, sturdy trainers or light boots are plenty. Parking is pay and display at the visitor hub with toilets, a cafe with outdoor seating and picnic tables, and the children's forest play area is right beside the car park for dogs still tolerant of small humans.
At a Glance
- Distance
- 7.5 km (4.7 miles)
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 2 hr 30 min
- Walk Type
- Forest, Woodland, Moorland
- Route Type
- Circular
- Off Lead Potential
- None
- Livestock Risk
- Low
- Facilities
- Toilets, cafe, picnic tables and forest play area at the main visitor hub.
- Parking
- Pay and display car park at the visitor hub, around 120 spaces.
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