Beara Way Cycling Route
Loop Walk · Cork
1,500
XP
a 4-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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Climb
2689 m
Drop
2724 m
Highest
329 m
Lowest
1 m
A 4-day ride, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 400 m midway, comes down 13% for 400 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 400 m near the end, comes down 15% for 400 m midway.
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 205.9 km splits
Flat
130.8 km
Climbing
35.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.4 km
Descending
37.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
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Allihies - North Engine Loop
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Allihies - Ballydonegan Loop
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 54.8, 56.5, 58.118.2 km
Allihies - Kealoge Loop
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 56.5, 58.19.3 km
Beara Bridleway
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 41.1, 41.5, 56.9…30.1 km
Cailleach Beara Loop - Bonane Beara
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 128.9, 129.4, 171.1…9.9 km
Fionn MacCool Loop - Bonane Beara
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 128.9, 129.4, 171.1…5.2 km
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Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 146.8, 189.10.7 km