Sheep's Head - Gortnakilly Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
400
XP
about 2 h 45 min walking
308 m
163 m
19 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
268 m
Drop
268 m
Highest
256 m
Lowest
36 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 400 m early on, comes down 13% for 400 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 6.1 km, climbs 13% for 400 m midway, comes down 16% for 400 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.6 km at 10%+, 0.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.5–5.5, from 253 m to 49 m.
How the 11.6 km splits
Flat
3.2 km
Climbing
3.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
3.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Link it with other walks
The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle
Shares 5.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.0, 8.4…60.8 km
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 3.3 km of path · meets at km 1.5, 4.1, 4.5…171.8 km
EuroVelo 1 Ireland - Atlantic Coast Route
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 4.5, 6.7…2300 km
Sheep's Head - Mass Path
Starts here too · Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.34.5 km
Sheep's Head - Foilakilly Loop
Starts here too · Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.39.9 km
Sheep's Head - Glanlough Loop
Crosses at km 1.516.9 km
Sheep's Head - Seefin Loop
Crosses at km 2.812.8 km