Inishowen Head Loop

Loop Walk · Donegal

350

XP

about 2 h 8 min walking

Moderate

8.3 km

Loop

2 hours 30 minutes

Dogs welcome

301 m

163 m

25 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

Hilly walk

5 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

284 m

Drop

278 m

Highest

282 m

Lowest

31 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 13% for 250 m early on, comes down 13% for 850 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 850 m early on, comes down 13% for 250 m near the end.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.3 km at 10%+) and come down 0.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main climb: km 0.9–3.8, from 32 m to 282 m.

How the 8.4 km splits

Flat

1.2 km

Climbing

2.2 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

1.3 km

Descending

2.9 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.8 km