The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle
Loop Walk · Cork
1,000
XP
a 2-day ride
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.
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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
956 m
Drop
1041 m
Highest
177 m
Lowest
0 m
A 2-day ride, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.
How the 103.8 km splits
Flat
76.3 km
Climbing
12.7 km
Descending
14.7 km
Link it with other walks
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Sheep's Head - Rooska Loop
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EuroVelo 1 Ireland - Atlantic Coast Route
Shares 10.9 km of path · meets at km 14.1, 21.0, 21.9…2300 km
Sheep's Head - Foilakilly Loop
Shares 7.3 km of path · meets at km 44.2, 84.69.9 km
Sheep's Head - Gortnakilly Loop
Shares 6.0 km of path · meets at km 41.2, 81.67.9 km
Sheep's Head - Peakeen Ridge Loop
Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 34.7, 75.011.1 km
Sheep's Head - Cahergal Loop
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 31.1, 31.3, 34.6…8.6 km
Sheep's Head - Caher Loop
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 30.3, 31.1, 60.3…6.1 km
Sheep's Head - Seefin Loop
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 20.9, 21.912.8 km
Sheep's Head - Funeral Path Loop
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 27.03.5 km