Sheep's Head - Drimoleague Heritage Trail
Loop Walk · Cork
200
XP
about 1 h 11 min walking
175 m
110 m
46 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.
Hilly walk
1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
87 m
Drop
90 m
Highest
134 m
Lowest
59 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 200 m early on, no steep descents.
Clockwise: Easy first 3.4 km, no steep climbing, comes down 13% for 200 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.0–1.1, from 64 m to 132 m.
How the 5.2 km splits
Flat
1.9 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Descending
1.7 km
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 0.6…171.8 km
Sheep's Head - Moyny Bridge Walk (Drimoleague)
Starts here too · Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 2.83.4 km
Sheep's Head - Top of the Rock Walk (Drimoleague)
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 1.02 km
Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 1.039.7 km
Sheep's Head - Shronacarton Walk (Drimoleague)
Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.02.9 km
Sheep's Head - Deelish Cascades Walk (Drimoleague)
Crosses at km 1.73.1 km