Muckish - Lub Loch Achair

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Loop Walk · Donegal

250

about 1 h 52 min walking

Moderate

8.3 km

Loop

2 hours 30 minutes

275 m

170 m

65 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

Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

116 m

Drop

118 m

Highest

201 m

Lowest

90 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.3 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

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

Main climb: km 2.3–3.5, from 135 m to 199 m.

How the 8.4 km splits

Flat

3.3 km

Climbing

2.4 km

Descending

2.7 km

Link it with other walks

Muckish - Lub Loch na Boll

Starts here too · Shares 4.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.4

4.2 km

Muckish - Lub an Iarnrod

Starts here too · Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.9

2.2 km

Donegal Cycle Route

Crosses at km 7.1

221.2 km

Campsites near the start

Wild Atlantic Camp

5.2 km from the start · 4.5★ (506)

Tramore beach

6.5 km from the start · 5.0★ (5)

Johnston's Caravan Park - Marble Hill

7.3 km from the start · 4.4★ (13)

Casey’s Caravan Park (No Touring)

12.1 km from the start · 3.8★ (104)