Location: To get to Shemalier drive about 7km
south-west of Wexford on the R733 to Hook Head, then turn right and drive about
1 km.
Facilities: Lay-by for parking, forest walks with
spectacular viewing points over Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wicklow and
Waterford. Picnic tables are provided.
Length of Trail: Here you will find about 3km of forest
walks.
Main Tree Species: Sitka spruce, lodge pole pine and Japanese
larch.
Other Flora: The area can be described as a dry moor land
with Heather, heath and furze These are beautiful in autumn with they turn to
purple and gold colours, which, incidentally, are the county colours!
Fauna: Woodcock, pheasant, raven and fox.
Geology: Quartzite/Ordovician