Kerrykeel Loop |
| Location: Mountain Bike Routes Grade: D - Length: 16m |
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| Route Description: |
| Fanad Peninsula, Co Donegal OS 1:50,000 Sheet 2 The Ride Starting from the picturesque Village of Kerrykeel on the shores of Mulroy Bay, this attractive route makes its way up through the spinal hills of Crockanaffrin on the Fanad Peninsula on a miriad of minor roads and tracks, visiting remote hidden valleys and lakes, before returning to Kerrykeel, where there are both charming coffee shops and attractive pubs. Terrain Minor roads and farm tracks, with one short rough and stony descent. Time 2.5 hours. Distance 16 kilometres Approach Through Letterkenny, Milford to Kerrykeel on the R246. The Route Park on Kerrykeel Main St, and follow the R247 towards Rathmullan for about a kilometre, before turning right, just before a church at Gr 219 324. After another kilometre turn left, up a steep hill at Gr 220 313, bearing right as the road becomes unpaved. Ignoring any left turns, continue with this through a couple of gates (private land, please close the gates signs) and a variety of surfaces, climbing over the hill just west of the summit of Crockanaffrin. On descent, it becomes rougher and more challenging, before meeting another gate at Gr 239 287. Back on tarmac, descend south to a staggered crossroads at Gr 240 274 (another church) left and then right , to continue south, then west at Gr 235 258, (as you join the road linking Ray with Milford). Climb gradually, and then descend, but after 2.5 kilometres, (on the downhill), turn right onto a track at Gr 210 260. Initially a forestry track, it is bounded on the left by Lough Colmcille, and continues for almost 2.5 k until regaining tarmac at a T junction, where a right turn is taken uphill. At the next T junction Gr 217 294, turn left onto the Dean’s Road, pass a little lochan, and continue to rejoin the R247. Then turn left, back down the hill and into Kerrykeel. |
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Route Number: 3310