Ballyorgan Loop

Loop Walk · Limerick

450

XP

about 3 h 9 min walking

Strenuous

12.5 km

Loop

6 hours 40 minutes

413 m

255 m

96 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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Weather at the start

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

365 m

Drop

393 m

Highest

378 m

Lowest

108 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 5.4 km, climbs 14% for 550 m midway, comes down 19% for 880 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 880 m early on, comes down 14% for 550 m midway.

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

Main descent: km 10.5–12.4, from 378 m to 130 m.

How the 12.7 km splits

Flat

3.7 km

Climbing

3.2 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.3 km

Descending

3.8 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.9 km

Link it with other walks

Molanna Loop

Starts here too · Shares 7.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.2

9.5 km

Darragh Hills Loop

Shares 5.8 km of path · meets at km 5.4

7.7 km

Castlegale Loop

Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 5.4

3.8 km

Castle Oliver Loop

Starts here too

6.7 km

Campsites near the start

Ballyhoura Camper Van Park

4.8 km from the start · 4.4★ (53)