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Knockmealdowns Trails - Knockmealdown Trail

Linear Trail · Tipperary

700

XP

about 7 h 40 min walking

Strenuous
33.2 km
Linear
15 hours
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600 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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Hilly walk

6 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

615 m

Drop

665 m

Highest

241 m

Lowest

28 m

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 4.6 km, climbs 14% for 350 m early on, comes down 13% for 400 m early on.

Uphill: Easy first 1.4 km, climbs 13% for 400 m near the end, comes down 14% for 350 m near the end.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main climb: km 4.6–6.5, from 88 m to 234 m.

How the 33.2 km splits

Flat

15.7 km

Climbing

7.3 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Descending

8.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.1 km

Link it with other walks

East Munster Way

Shares 10.6 km of path · meets at km 15.1, 17.6, 22.5…

69 km

Tipperary Heritage Way

Shares 6.3 km of path · meets at km 17.8, 22.5

59.6 km

Knockmealdowns Trails - Sheep Hill Loop

Starts here too · Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0

7.8 km

Vee Valley Loop

Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 16.5

9 km

Clogheen Loop

Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 12.0

7.8 km

Kilballyboy Wood Loop

Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 16.7

4.8 km

Knockmealdowns Trails - Duck Pond Loop

Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 21.9

4.9 km

Knockmealdowns Trails - Crough Loop

Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 24.0

3.8 km

Bay Lough Loop

Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 16.5

4.5 km

Blackwater Way - Avondhu

Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 15.1, 15.2, 16.3

126.2 km

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