Kilbroney Park

Kilbroney Park features riverside walks and an arboretum. There is a two-mile forest drive to panoramic views over Carlingford Lough. There is also a Play Park with children's play area and tennis courts, an Information area and a cafe. There is also walking trails and mountain bike trails of varying difficulty.

The forest drive leads to a car park from where walkers have the opportunity to climb to Cloughmore or 'the big stone', a 30 tonne erratic, which sits at approximately 1000ft above Rostrevor. Geologists explain its presence here as having being deposited during the ice age.

Local Folklore claims it was thrown here by Finn Mac Cool during a fight with a Scottish Giant. During the same battle, the Scottish Giant allegedly tore out a handful of earth and flung it back at Finn, which missed. The earth landed in the sea and became the Isle of Man while the divot he made, filled up with water and became Carlingford Lough.

Rostrevor Oak Wood is a relic of a much larger Rostrevor Forest. The woodland contains Oak, Ash, Sycamore, Hazel to name but a few. There are lots of ferns and flowers like wild garlic, primroses and bluebells. The forest is home to jays and red squirrels and it hosts a number of rare plants like wood avens and hard shield fern.