Howth - Black Linn Loop

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Loop Walk · Dublin

250

about 1 h 55 min walking

Moderate

8.1 km

Loop

2 hours 30 minutes

203 m

102 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.

Navigate to the start

Weather at the start

Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

173 m

Drop

169 m

Highest

155 m

Lowest

1 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 3.0 km, no steep climbing, comes down 11% for 200 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 11% for 200 m early on, no steep descents.

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

Main descent: km 6.1–8.1, from 147 m to 8 m.

How the 8.1 km splits

Flat

2.3 km

Climbing

2.9 km

Descending

2.8 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

Link it with other walks

Howth - Bog of Frogs Loop

Starts here too · Shares 5.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.3

12.1 km

Howth - Tramline Loop

Starts here too · Shares 5.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.0

7 km

Howth - Cliff Path Loop

Starts here too · Shares 5.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.0

7.8 km

Challenges on this walk

Howth to Dalkey: The Bay of Naples

At km 1.0 · 173 m off the route · scenic

200 XP

Campsites near the start

Lynders Holiday Parks - Dublin

11.5 km from the start · 4.5★ (416)

Hilly Skilly Caravan Park Rush

14.4 km from the start · 4.8★ (72)