Sheep's Head - Peakeen Ridge Linear Walk

Linear Trail · Cork

300

XP

about 1 h 23 min walking

Moderate

5.7 km

Linear

2 hours

351 m

218 m

84 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

Navigate to the start

Weather at the start

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

136 m

Drop

243 m

Highest

333 m

Lowest

90 m

Which way round

Downhill: Climbs 11% for 770 m early on, comes down 16% for 400 m near the end.

Uphill: Climbs 16% for 400 m early on, comes down 11% for 770 m near the end.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 2.4–4.5, from 305 m to 171 m.

How the 5.8 km splits

Flat

1.2 km

Climbing

1.1 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Descending

1.7 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.7 km

Link it with other walks

Sheep's Head - Peakeen Ridge Loop

Starts here too · Shares 4.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0

11.1 km

Sheep's Head - Caher Loop

Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 4.1

6.1 km

Sheep's Head - Cahergal Loop

Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 4.3

8.6 km

The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle

Crosses at km 5.6

60.8 km

Campsites near the start

Goleen Harbour Eco Resort

11 km from the start · 4.7★ (145)

The Pocket Camping Park

13.6 km from the start · 4.0★ (3)