Mount Hillary - Father Murphy Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
400
XP
about 3 h 49 min walking
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.
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