Gweedore is close to Errigal, the tallest mountain in County Donegal, which overshadows the picturesque Dunlewey Lough. It is surrounded by the deep glens and lakes of the Poisoned Glen, and further on, Glenveagh national park and castle, the largest national park in Ireland. Bád Eddie (Eddie's Boat), the Cara na Mara (Friend of the Sea), is the wreck of a ship which ran ashore on Magherclogher beach due to rough seas.