Howth - Bog of Frogs Loop

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Loop Walk · Dublin

350

about 2 h 49 min walking

Strenuous

12.1 km

Loop

3 hours

302 m

151 m

0 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

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

245 m

Drop

240 m

Highest

125 m

Lowest

1 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 8.0 km, no steep climbing, comes down 12% for 300 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 300 m midway, no steep descents.

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

Main descent: km 10.0–12.1, from 110 m to 8 m.

How the 12.1 km splits

Flat

3.5 km

Climbing

4.4 km

Descending

3.8 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

Howth - Black Linn Loop

Starts here too · Shares 5.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 10.2

8.1 km

Howth - Cliff Path Loop

Starts here too · Shares 5.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 10.9

7.8 km

Howth - Tramline Loop

Starts here too · Shares 5.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 10.9

7 km

Challenges on this walk

Howth to Dalkey: The Bay of Naples

At km 1.0 · 173 m off the route · scenic

200 XP

Campsites near the start

Lynders Holiday Parks - Dublin

11.5 km from the start · 4.5★ (416)

Hilly Skilly Caravan Park Rush

14.4 km from the start · 4.8★ (72)