Few walkers can spare a month to walk the whole of the Ulster Way but there are many people who very much like the idea of walking sections of it. The map sketches provide only a general indication of the route. Outline descriptions are based on routes published in full in Ulster Rambles. Grid references are given for the start of each walk and a rough estimate of duration, excluding stops and side trips. Steps, leafy path, laurel, larch, hazels, blackberries.
Wood thins to grassland.
Neolithic men lived in the caves. Panorama from McArt's Fort extends to Mournes and Slieve Gullion. Take care descending from summit. The walk is nearly all on the towpath of the canal and canalized river which opened in 1763. Late summer duckweed on the water surface looks like a bright green carpet.