Kerry Way
Slí Uíbh Ráthach
OSM hiking route looping the Iveragh Peninsula from Killarney, Ireland (184.6 km loop). Vertical figures sampled from Copernicus GLO-30. Days (15) is a placeholder from round(lengthKm/12), not the published 7–10 day window (unverified).
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
- SAC T2
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 183744 (ODbL). The mapped line and 2D length are derived from that geometry. Ascent, descent, and high/low points are sampled from Copernicus GLO-30 (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional. Water, permits, and hazards were not taken from OSM tags and must be verified.
OSM 2D length is 184.6 km (relation 183744; The Kerry Way, name:ga Slí Uíbh Ráthach, OSM distance=214 km, Wikidata Q1739608). Approach-role members were dropped. A 3.5 km endpoint snap joined three spine components across OSM mapping holes (the 0.35 km default left 120+61+18 km pieces); leftover fragments (~30 km) were not glued. The OSM way-bag does not vertex-close: start and end are about 11.8 km apart. routeType is loop per the official Killarney circuit; a closer was not invented. Published 215 km / 9 sections (https://www.kerryway.ie/, checked 2026-08-24) are cross-checks only, not this DataPoint.
DEM high 380 m / low 0 m sits in the low-ridge band. The official site says the Way avoids the higher peaks and opts for the lower reaches of mountain ridges (https://www.kerryway.ie/, checked 2026-08-24). High point left as Copernicus.
typicalDays 15 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Published windows are 7–10 days / 9 official sections; that stamp is not this field.
Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points (no honest atFraction). Villages and streams exist along the loop; they were not positioned from an official named list this pass.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
No permit required.
Getting there
Sourced legs to the Killarney (OSM line start) base start station — where this trail record begins. This is not a route planner: durations are approximate and marked provisional until an official transport page confirms them.
Road · Kerry (KIR) → Killarney
Official portal: Kerry Airport is an international airport in Farrenfore, just outside Killarney and Tralee (https://www.kerryway.ie/things-to-know/, checked 2026-08-24).
kerryway.ie · 2026-08-24 · official · provisionalRail · Cork (ORK) → Killarney
Official portal: Killarney is directly linked by railway to Cork and Dublin, 7 to 8 daily services (https://www.kerryway.ie/things-to-know/, checked 2026-08-24). Cork Airport is the southern air gateway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_Airport, checked 2026-08-24).
kerryway.ie · 2026-08-24 · official · provisionalRail · Dublin (DUB) → Killarney
Same official transport notes: Killarney train station is next to the bus station, with direct trains from Dublin (https://www.kerryway.ie/things-to-know/, checked 2026-08-24).
kerryway.ie · 2026-08-24 · official · provisional
Killarney bus station is beside Killarney Outlet Centre with nationwide services (https://www.kerryway.ie/things-to-know/, checked 2026-08-24). The OSM line does not vertex-close; this record's base station is the Killarney start.
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Trailheads
- Killarney (OSM line start) car-free: yes
- OSM line end car-free: unknown
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Hazards
- Check the latest weather forecast: mountains and remote areas can be more dangerous during weather alerts, especially near high mountain passes, river crossings and lakes (https://www.kerryway.ie/things-to-know/, checked 2026-08-24).
- Ticks and midges: the official site recommends insect repellent and long sleeves/trousers tucked into socks (same page, checked 2026-08-24).
- The Way is intended to progress through a variety of landscapes on the lower reaches of mountain ridges rather than the highest peaks (https://www.kerryway.ie/, checked 2026-08-24).