Sheep's Head - Mealagh Woods Loop

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Loop Walk · Cork

150

about 1 h 13 min walking

Easy

2.9 km

Loop

1 hour 15 minutes

Dogs welcome

234 m

164 m

94 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

Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

56 m

Drop

58 m

Highest

156 m

Lowest

120 m

Which way round

As mapped: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Reversed: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

Main climb: km 3.2–4.1, from 125 m to 155 m.

How the 5.6 km splits

Flat

2.3 km

Climbing

1.7 km

Descending

1.6 km

Link it with other walks

Sheep's Head - Mealagh Valley Loop

Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.1, 5.2

10.9 km

Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)

Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.1, 2.5…

39.7 km

Campsites near the start

Dromore Hill Farm

8.2 km from the start · 5.0★ (11)

Eagle Point Camping. (Campáil Pointe an Iolair)

10 km from the start · 4.7★ (614)