Ballyhoura - Blackrock Loop
Loop Walk · Limerick
350
XP
about 2 h 35 min walking
527 m
368 m
209 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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Climb
333 m
Drop
340 m
Highest
505 m
Lowest
216 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 3.6 km, climbs 15% for 200 m midway, comes down 15% for 1150 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 1150 m early on, comes down 15% for 200 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.2 km at 10%+) and come down 0.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.7–3.5, from 217 m to 505 m.
How the 10.1 km splits
Flat
1.3 km
Climbing
2.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.2 km
Descending
4.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km
Link it with other walks
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Ballyhoura - Greenwood Loop
Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 7.1, 8.9, 9.1…5.9 km
Ballyhoura - Garanne Loop
Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 6.2, 7.1, 8.9…33.9 km
Ballyhoura - Mountrussel Loop
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 6.2, 7.1, 8.9…16.8 km
Ballyhoura - Streamhill Loop
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 6.2, 7.1, 8.2…39.4 km
Ballyhoura - Castlepook Loop
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 6.2, 7.1, 8.2…48.5 km
Ballyhoura - Nature Trail
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 8.5, 8.6…2.4 km
Kilmallock Cycle Hub Loop 1
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.5, 2.1, 9.7…69.5 km