Worth the trip around Cork
The places with the most to tell about. The numbers match the map.
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Cork keeps its forts close: Elizabeth Fort is 0.6 km from the center and the Red Abbey Tower 0.5 km, while Charles Fort, dated 1682, is at Kinsale 22.5 km out. Blackrock Castle stands on the river at 4.7 km, Blarney Castle is 7.7 km away, Ballincollig Castle 9.1 km, Belvelly Castle 11.6 km and Barryscourt Castle 14.5 km, 23 castles in all. Fort Mitchell (Spike island) sits in the harbor at 14.6 km.
Ruins outnumber everything else at 43, the Gunpowder Mills at 8.4 km and Wallingstown Castle among them, and 13 beaches line the harbor and coast, Fountainstown Beach and Church Bay Beach around 17.5 km. Spit Bank Lighthouse at 14.7 km and Roches Point Lighthouse at 18.9 km mark the water. Forts, castles and beaches, all around one harbor.
Each hexagon covers a little over 5 square kilometers. The brighter it glows, the more places are inside it. The numbers mark the highlights listed below; the dot in the middle is the center of Cork.
Few places to many
The places with the most to tell about. The numbers match the map.
A selection for each type, best known first. The number next to each heading counts everything RLQuest knows within the radius.
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RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:
Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.
If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.
Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. As of 2026-09-30. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.