Knockmealdowns Trails - Knockmealdown Trail
Linear Trail · Tipperary
700
XP
about 7 h 40 min walking
600 m
300 m
0 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
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
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, 22.559.6 km
Knockmealdowns Trails - Sheep Hill Loop
Starts here too · Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 0.07.8 km
Vee Valley Loop
Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 16.59 km
Clogheen Loop
Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 12.07.8 km
Kilballyboy Wood Loop
Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 16.74.8 km
Knockmealdowns Trails - Duck Pond Loop
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 21.94.9 km
Knockmealdowns Trails - Crough Loop
Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 24.03.8 km
Bay Lough Loop
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 16.54.5 km
Blackwater Way - Avondhu
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 15.1, 15.2, 16.3126.2 km