Kerry Way

Kerry Way
Length214 kilometres (133 miles)[1]
LocationCounty Kerry, Ireland
DesignationNational Waymarked Trail[1]
TrailheadsKillarney
UseHiking
Elevation gain/loss5,310 m (17,421 ft)[1]
Highest pointWindy Gap (385 m (1,263 ft))[1]
DifficultyStrenuous[1]
SeasonAny
SightsIveragh Peninsula
Websitehttp://www.kerryway.com/

The Kerry Way (Irish: Slí Uíbh Ráthaigh)[2] is a long-distance trail in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a 214-kilometre (133-mile) long circular trail that begins and ends in Killarney and is typically broken into nine stages.[3] It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Kerry County Council, South Kerry Development Partnership and the Kerry Way Committee.[4] The Way circles the Iveragh Peninsula and forms a walkers' version of the Ring of Kerry road tour.[5] It is the longest of Ireland's National Waymarked Trails.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kerry Way". IrishTrails. Irish Sports Council. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Kerry Way". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Walking the Kerry Way: The best routes, daytrips and clever shortcuts". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  4. ^ National Trails Office 2010, p. 38.
  5. ^ Bardwell 2010, p. 4.
  6. ^ Fewer 1996, p. 144.