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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
- J9°4°202
- F9°4°151
- M10°5°146
- A12°5°106
- M15°8°110
- J17°11°104
- J19°12°102
- A18°12°119
- S16°11°135
- O14°9°191
- N11°6°180
- D9°5°193
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 93 km · 58 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Bantry (County Cork, Munster) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Cork
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- SHW
- Route centre
- 51.6114, -9.6391
- Route start
- 51.6803, -9.4564
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 5288023
- Wikidata
- Q3481705
- Official info
- sportireland.ie/redirect/trail/29
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.