Northern Ireland

Going off-grid among the standing stones & dar k skies of the Sp errin Mountains

The Sperrin Mountains are as off-grid as Northern Ireland gets — an ancient, storied landscape of stone circles, dark skies and literary trails rising from the emerald pastures between Derry and Belfast. A meandering road trip through this lesser-visited swathe of mid-Ulster offers the ultimate rural escape — and myriad ways to connect with the land