County Sligo: See
The horse that comes from the road / The rider, the birds that range / From cloud to tumbling cloud / Minute by minute they change - Yeats
Knocknarea is a slab of limestone 327 m high, just north of Strandhill but usually climbed from the southeast towards Sligo. The cairn and other grave markers around its summit are believed to date from 3000 BC.
Carrowmore megalithic cemetery below is part of the same Neolithic ritual landscape, as the Knocknarea markers are aligned with it.
Heapstown Stone Cairn is a 7 m tall megalithic mound close to Lough Arrow. Other nearby prehistoric monuments include Labby Rock.
Carrowkeel is another collection of ancient graves further south.
Benbulbin or Ben Bulben is a prominent table mountain that dominates the landscape to the north.
Coney Island is a tidal island just north of Strandhill, you can walk or drive across, but think about the getting back.