Beara Way

Beara Way
Length206 kilometres (128 miles)[1]
LocationCounties Cork and Kerry, Ireland
DesignationNational Waymarked Trail[1]
TrailheadsGlengarriff
UseHiking
Elevation change5,300 m (17,400 ft)
DifficultyStrenuous[1]
SeasonAny
Websitehttp://www.bearatourism.com

The Beara Way (Irish: Slí Bhéara)[2] is a long-distance trail in the southwest of Ireland. It is a 206-kilometre (128-mile) long circular trail around the Beara Peninsula that begins and ends in Glengarriff, County Cork, also passing through parts of County Kerry.[citation needed] It is typically completed in nine days.[1] It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by the Beara Tourism and Development Association.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Beara Way". IrishTrails. Irish Sports Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Glengarriff" (pdf). Beara Way. Beara Tourism. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. ^ National Trails Office 2010, p. 31.