Sheep's Head - Top of the Rock Walk (Drimoleague)

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Loop Walk · Cork

150

about 29 min walking

Moderate

2 km

Loop

25 minutes

169 m

119 m

69 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.

Navigate to the start

Weather at the start

Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

47 m

Drop

52 m

Highest

134 m

Lowest

81 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 1.3 km, no steep climbing, comes down 14% for 200 m early on.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 200 m near the end, no steep descents.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main climb: km 1.3–2.0, from 82 m to 133 m.

How the 2.0 km splits

Flat

0.6 km

Climbing

0.7 km

Descending

0.5 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

Link it with other walks

Sheep's Head - Drimoleague Heritage Trail

Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.7

5.1 km

Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)

Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 1.2

39.7 km

Sheep's Head Way

Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 0.5…

171.8 km

Sheep's Head - Deelish Cascades Walk (Drimoleague)

Crosses at km 1.2

3.1 km

Campsites near the start

Dromore Hill Farm

7.6 km from the start · 5.0★ (11)

Eagle Point Camping. (Campáil Pointe an Iolair)

14.2 km from the start · 4.7★ (614)