Slieve Gullion Trail
Loop Walk · Northern Ireland
500
XP
about 3 h 26 min walking
598 m
347 m
96 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
451 m
Drop
466 m
Highest
564 m
Lowest
107 m
Walking time
about 3 h 26 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 570 m midway, comes down 19% for 830 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.5 km, climbs 19% for 830 m midway, comes down 20% for 570 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 5.9–11.9, from 542 m to 115 m.
How the 13.4 km splits
Flat
2.7 km
Climbing
3.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
4.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.0 km
Link it with other walks
Slieve Gullion Blue Trail
Starts here too · Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 13.28.17 km
Slieve Gullion Green Trail
Starts here too · Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 13.25.06 km
BALLARD ROAD TO SLIEVE GULLION SOUTH CAIRN
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 5.01.88 km
The Giant's Lair Slieve Gullion
Starts here too0.87 km
Killeavy Castle Trail
Starts here too · Crosses at km 13.00.41 km
BALLINTEMPLE ROAD TO ST. MONNINNA'S WELL
Crosses at km 10.30.4 km