Sheep's Head - Srón na Gaoithe (Kealkill)
Loop Walk · Cork
350
XP
about 2 h 20 min walking
255 m
134 m
12 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.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
231 m
Drop
235 m
Highest
237 m
Lowest
18 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 280 m midway, comes down 15% for 580 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 580 m midway, comes down 17% for 280 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.7–4.5, from 21 m to 235 m.
How the 9.7 km splits
Flat
2.6 km
Climbing
3.1 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
2.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.6 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 6.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.3, 2.8…171.8 km
Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)
Shares 5.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.9, 9.439.7 km
Sli Gaeltacht Mhuscrai
Shares 5.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.9, 9.471.3 km
Sheep's Head - Póc an Tairbh (Kealkill)
Starts here too · Shares 4.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.9, 9.37.4 km