Kerry’s Scenic Platform at Glounsharoon is situated in the townland of Ahaneboy on the N21, approximately 15km from Abbeyfeale and 5km to the North side of Castleisland town. On the perfect elevated site, the Glounsharoon Platform is strategically located at the Gateway to Kerry and at Castleisland's Front Door. It’s ideal location provides a truly majestic and panoramic view of most of County Kerry. At this truly amazing Scenic spot, Glounsharoon's unique vista opens up and explodes before you, to reveal a landscape that simply takes your breath away.
Nature Carved The Kerry Scenic Platform at Glounsharoon,
This is Glounsharoon, Heaven on Earth!
The vista at Glounsharoon is indeed unique, capturing all of Kerry’s mountain ranges, including The Reeks, The Iveragh Peninsula, Slieve-Mish & Brandon’s peak on the Dingle Peninsula and the mighty Carrauntoohil and her sister peaks as well as all of the fabulous ‘little’ peaks on the horizon and the Gap of Dunloe. You can see the Atlantic Ocean, Inch Bay, Castlemaine Bay, Dingle Bay, Cromane Bay and Kells Bay and you get a heavenly view of the Belly of Kerry. Truly awesome and spectacular scenery, unique to the Glounsharoon Platform.
Approximately 2.5m tourists visit Kerry annually. Most visitors to Kerry pass through this Gateway to Kerry at Glounsharoon and in particular for those tourists visiting Kerry, this Glounsharoon Scenic Platform at Castleisland is the first impression they get regarding what Kerry has to offer. And you know what they say, First Impressions Matter!
This is Kerry’s FRONT DOOR.
