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Carlingford - Slieve Foye Mountain Loop
On Slieve Foye, Cooley Mountains
Next nearby hike: Carlingford - Walk 1 - Carlingford Loop 0.1 mi · 0.1 kmExplore Slieve Foye →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
About 11 km (7 mi) long, Carlingford - Slieve Foye Mountain Loop is a local hiking route in Louth, Ireland. It is on Slieve Foye in the Cooley Mountains. It is at Carlingford.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Slieve Foye (mountain, 589 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Cooley Mountains (Mourne Uplands › Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Carlingford (Louth, Leinster) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Louth
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 54.0469, -6.2051
- Route start
- 54.0402, -6.1873
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2369490
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startCarlingford - Walk 1 - Carlingford Loop
0.1 mi · 0.1 km · Louth
Carlingford - Loop 1A- Commons Loop
0.3 mi · 0.4 km · Louth
Carlingford - Barnavave
0.5 mi · 0.9 km · Louth
Carlingford - Slieve Foye Loop
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Louth
Táin Way
3.3 mi · 5.4 km · Louth
Carlingford - Walk 4 - Ravensdale Loop
6.2 mi · 10.0 km · Louth