Sheep's Head - Foilakilly Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
350
XP
about 2 h 25 min walking
316 m
171 m
26 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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Climb
267 m
Drop
255 m
Highest
296 m
Lowest
33 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 4.0 km, climbs 15% for 1000 m midway, comes down 17% for 400 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 400 m early on, comes down 15% for 1000 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 4.0–7.0, from 34 m to 296 m.
How the 9.9 km splits
Flat
2.7 km
Climbing
2.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.0 km
Descending
3.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head - Glanlough Loop
Shares 4.9 km of path · meets at km 4.016.9 km
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 4.2 km of path · meets at km 4.2, 5.0, 5.7…171.8 km
The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle
Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 0.460.8 km
EuroVelo 1 Ireland - Atlantic Coast Route
Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.4, 3.0, 3.42300 km
Sheep's Head - Mass Path
Starts here too · Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.94.5 km
Sheep's Head - Gortnakilly Loop
Starts here too · Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.97.9 km