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Mount Hillary - Father Murphy Loop

Loop Walk · Cork

400

XP

about 3 h 49 min walking

Moderate
7.9 km
Loop
2 hours 30 minutes
Dogs welcome
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458 m

261 m

64 m

Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map

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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Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

396 m

Drop

396 m

Highest

301 m

Lowest

116 m

Which way round

As mapped: Easy first 3.2 km, no steep climbing, comes down 12% for 200 m midway.

Reversed: Easy first 3.1 km, climbs 12% for 200 m midway, no steep descents.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 5.5–8.0, from 300 m to 142 m.

How the 15.8 km splits

Flat

4.8 km

Climbing

5.5 km

Descending

5.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

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