Ireland · Western Europe
Bettystown
Beach
Bettystown is Sandy coastal strand south of the city in County Meath. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Nearby weekend places
Nearby Weekend Places from Drogheda, Ireland
Research source-backed public places within weekend reach of Drogheda. The records on this page are planning candidates — not a route planner, not a tourism ranking, not a live schedule, and not a price guide. Verify access, transport, weather, opening status, and seasonal conditions with the official source linked on each record before departure.
- Nearby places
- 20
- City
- Drogheda
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
What you can reach from Drogheda
Cities and natural destinations already indexed on this site, grouped by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances are geographic, not travel times — check routes and schedules with a transport operator before travelling.
Close to the city
Within 60 km of the city centre, measured in a straight line.
- Clogher HeadCoast13 km
- Blackrock Ladies BeachBeach28 km
- SwordsCity30 km
- DundalkCity32 km
- Velvet StrandBeach36 km
- Cooley MountainsMountain38 km
- DublinCity41 km
- BrayCity59 km
Day-trip distance
Between 60 km and 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.
- Crone WoodForest62 km
- Powerscourt WaterfallWaterfall64 km
- PoulaphoucaWaterfall68 km
- Rossmore Forest ParkForest71 km
- BelfastCity102 kmAcross the border · United Kingdom
- AthloneCity110 km
Weekend distance
More than 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.
- KilkennyCity133 km
- SligoCity152 km
- DerryCity156 kmAcross the border · United Kingdom
- LetterkennyCity164 km
Looking for a specific kind of place?
The nature layer groups these same records by what kind of outdoor place each one is — lakes, mountains, forests, beaches, protected areas — and orders them by measured straight-line distance from Drogheda.
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This page helps users research nearby weekend places connected to Drogheda, Ireland, as a starting point for local-first weekend rest. It is not a route planner, ticket guide, events page, tourism ranking, or live availability source. Records are planning candidates only.
Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status. Confirm time-sensitive details with the official park, museum, transport authority, or municipal source linked on each record.
Nearby weekend places from Drogheda
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Nearby weekend places from Drogheda
Image: Kieran Campbell / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. 
Image: Mary and Angus Hogg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Blackrock Ladies Beach
Beach
Blackrock Ladies Beach is a beach reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Barbara y Eugenio - https://www.flickr.com/photos/12482011@N00 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Brú na Bóinne
Cultural site
Brú na Bóinne is a Neolithic passage-tomb landscape and UNESCO site in the Boyne valley nearby west of the city. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Superbass / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Clogher Head
Waterfront
Clogher Head is a cape reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: jai / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Clogherhead
Beach
Clogherhead is Coastal headland and beach northeast of the city in County Louth. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Eoghan OLionnain / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Cooley Mountains
Mountain area
Cooley Mountains is a mountain range on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth north of the city. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: JP / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Crone Wood
Nature area
Crone Wood is a forest reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Crispin Purdye / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Glenmacnass Waterfall
Nature area
Glenmacnass Waterfall is a waterfall reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Patrick Brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Hill of Tara
Park
Hill of Tara is Grassy hilltop archaeological landscape southwest of the city in County Meath. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: NTF30 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Killykeen Forest Park
Nature area
Killykeen Forest Park is a state forest reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Gaoithe / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Knocksink Wood
Nature area
Knocksink Wood is a forest reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Haydn Hammerton / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Loughcrew
Mountain area
Loughcrew is Group of hills and cairns west of the city in County Meath. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Shane Killen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Muckno Lake
Waterfront
Muckno Lake is a lagoon reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: 1ivia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Poulanass Waterfall
Nature area
Poulanass Waterfall is a waterfall reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Poulaphouca
Nature area
Poulaphouca is a waterfall reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Draceane / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Powerscourt Waterfall
Nature area
Powerscourt Waterfall is a waterfall reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: JalvinWiki / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Ravensdale Forest
Nature area
Ravensdale Forest is a forest reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: D Gore / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Rossmore Forest Park
Nature area
Rossmore Forest Park is a forest reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Sandymount Strand
Beach
Sandymount Strand is a beach reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Gpwitteveen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Ireland · Western Europe
Velvet Strand
Beach
Velvet Strand is a beach reachable from Drogheda as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
How to use this page
This page is a planning surface. Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status.
- Start with the Drogheda city profile to anchor the location and country context.
- Compare the nearby place records above against your origin city’s transport and access patterns.
- Open the detail page for any record marked “Verified source record” to see the official source, Wikidata identity, and visual context.
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Verification status legend
The status shown on each card reflects the level of source verification: a matched Wikidata identity together with an official URL is shown as verified, an identity match without a confirmed official URL is shown as partially verified, and records not yet matched to a stable identifier are shown as pending review.
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Sources and methodology
Nearby weekend places are sourced exclusively from Wikidata — primary identifier (QID), coordinates (P625), and official website (P856) — together with the linked operator (park authority, municipality, heritage body, or UNESCO official page) where Wikidata’s P856 points at it. Records do not publish fixed itineraries, attraction rankings, restaurant or hotel recommendations, event or festival dates, ticket prices, hotel or flight prices, opening hours, transport schedules, exact travel times, exact distances, weather forecasts, crime rates, or any “best” / “must-see” / “safest” / “cheapest” claims. Verify access, opening times, weather, health, and safety details with the official source linked on each record before departure. Read the scoring methodology for how structured indicators are constructed, and the data sources registry for the official publishers cited across the platform.
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