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Annascaul to Dingle

The Dingle Way · Stage 3

Walking time as thedingleway.ie states it for this stage; measured on the mapped line: 5 h 33. Climb measured on the mapped line, on terrain heights. Thedingleway.ie

22.2 kmStage distance
439 mAscent, measured
5–7 hOfficial time
3Stage number

Mostly on boreens (narrow country lanes) and minor roads by Lispole to Dingle: 23 km, 5 to 7 hours, 150 m of ascent, graded easy. Between Lispole and Dingle you may meet loose dogs at the house before Devane's Guest House, Sport Ireland warns.

Best season: All year, except 28 February. Neither the walk committee nor Sport Ireland publishes a walking season. The route is closed for one day every year, on 28 February, by agreement with the landowners; the next closure day is 28 February 2027. Book ahead, especially in summer, the committee says. In midwinter there are under 8 hours of daylight, less than the longest sections take. Before you go

Annascaul to Dingle

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Green: Annascaul to Dingle. Grey: full trail. Elevation follows this mapped track.

Annascaul to Dingle

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Where this stage starts and ends

Facts read from the guide's sources and OpenStreetMap on 13 October 2026. A page can change after we read it, so confirm with your accommodation before you rely on a date or a bed.

Stage start

Annascaul

Town

A village on the 276 bus between Killarney and Dingle. The Dingle Gate Hostel is still on the committee's list, but its own site said on 13 October 2026 that it is closed to the public this year: do not count on it.

A town or village: find accommodation yourself. TrailSplits has not checked what is open.

The Old Anchor · Hotel

Season 2026: 2026 dates not published

Annascaul House · Hotel

Season 2026: 2026 dates not published

Inspiration Lodge · Hotel

Season 2026: 2026 dates not published

Stage end · overnight

Dingle

Town

The largest town on the loop, with many places to stay and buses to Tralee (275) and Killarney (276). The committee lists several B&Bs on the edge of town; we have not checked them, so book with the host.

A town or village: find accommodation yourself. TrailSplits has not checked what is open.

Walking time for this leg

Make it your trip

Book your nights ahead

Advance booking is wise, especially in summer, the walk committee says, and some hosts offer luggage transfer. Sport Ireland calls overnight places plentiful, but they are not even round the loop: of the stays on the committee's list we could place only one at Feohanagh and one at Cloghane, and none at Dunquin or Castlegregory, so book those nights first. Dogs are not permitted on the Dingle Way.

The loop from Tralee

The walk committee's eight sections, a night at the end of each.

Plan this journey

Tralee to Dingle

The first three sections, by Inch strand and Annascaul, with buses back from Dingle.

Plan this journey

Dingle to Cloghane

Slea Head, Smerwick Harbour and the Brandon crossing in three sections.

Plan this journey

Weather this week

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Weather by month

Typical weather on this stage, around 4–147 m. Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.

Monthly climate averages and daylight
Month
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Day / night9°/4°9°/4°10°/4°12°/5°14°/7°16°/10°17°/12°17°/12°16°/10°13°/8°11°/6°9°/5°
Rain, mm201148135122119110128144144194225217
Snow at high point––––––––––––
Daylight8 h 139 h 5411 h 4613 h 5115 h 3916 h 4316 h 2014 h 4512 h 4510 h 458 h 517 h 46

Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.

Before you go

Prepare for the Dingle Way

Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.

Closed on 28 February

Much of the Way crosses private land by the landowners' permission. To mark that, the whole route is closed for one day every year, on 28 February; the next closure day is 28 February 2027. No other closure or diversion was published by Sport Ireland, the walk committee or Kerry County Council's road closures, read 13 October 2026.

Sport Ireland: the Dingle Way

Roads and the Slea Head road

Nearly half the Way, 76 km, follows local roads, Sport Ireland says. On the section from Dingle to Dunquin the Slea Head road is busy, and the committee asks walkers to take extreme caution. Read 13 October 2026.

The Dingle Way: Dingle to Dunquin

Brandon and the long days

Feohanagh to Cloghane crosses the saddle of Mount Brandon, with 655 m of ascent, graded difficult: check the forecast first. Cloghane to Castlegregory (29 km, 7 to 9 hours) and Castlegregory to Tralee (27 km, 6.5 to 8.5 hours) are the longest days. Figures from the committee's section pages, read 13 October 2026.

The Dingle Way: the sections

Stays that may be closed

The committee's accommodation list is not all current. It still names a hostel at Dún Chaoin that An Óige no longer lists; the Dingle Gate Hostel's own site says it is closed to the public this year; and the Inch Beach Guesthouse link now leads to an unrelated site. Check each stay with the host before you book. Read 13 October 2026.

The Dingle Way: accommodation

Dogs

Dogs are not permitted on the Dingle Way. Between Lispole and Dingle you may meet loose dogs at the house before Devane's Guest House, Sport Ireland warns. Read 13 October 2026.

Sport Ireland: the Dingle Way

Getting there

Connect your journey

Travel around Annascaul to Dingle.

Directions to this start Travel from this finish

Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.

To Tralee

Trains run to Tralee from Dublin Heuston, and from Cork by Mallow; Tralee also has a bus station. The loop starts by Ashe Memorial Hall and the Kerry County Museum, about 700 m from the station.

Irish Rail

Buses round the peninsula

TFI Local Link Kerry runs the 273 every day from Brandon and Cloghane by Castlegregory and Camp to Blennerville and Tralee, and the 277a and 277b every day from Dingle by Ventry and Ballyferriter to Dunquin, with fewer buses on Sundays and bank holidays; its 268 loops from Dingle by Gallarus to Feohanagh. The 275 links Tralee and Dingle, and the 276 runs from Killarney by Inch and Annascaul to Dingle.

TFI Local Link Kerry: timetables

Take your trip with you

Offline maps

Prepare every day while you still have a connection, and test it offline before you set out.

Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.

  1. Open this trail in the app. Install TrailSplits, then open this trail there. On iPhone, downloads in a browser may not be available in the installed app.
  2. Choose your route or stages. Choose Prepare offline above. Wait for the route and maps to finish downloading.
  3. Try it before leaving coverage. Switch offline, close and reopen the app, then use My Hikes to start navigation. Repeat for every part you will need.

Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.

Route & sources

Route map & sources

The Dingle Way walk committee divides the loop into eight sections, from Tralee by Camp, Annascaul, Dingle, Dunquin, Feohanagh, Cloghane and Castlegregory back to Tralee, with an official stage time for each, shown beside ours on every stage. Its sections add up to about 178 km (its own pages also say 176 and 179 km). Sport Ireland gives 162.9 km for the waymarked line itself: from Tralee a single stretch runs 18.5 km out to the loop's junction south of Camp, and the sections walk it out at the start and back at the end. The line here is the route on OpenStreetMap (relation 21664, from the planet of 11 October 2026), walked in the committee's direction with that stretch out and back: 181.3 km, the whole loop, cut at the eight section ends. Six stages are within about 2 km of the committee's figures; Dingle to Dunquin is about 4 km longer on our line (23.9 km against the committee's 20 km), and Castlegregory to Tralee about 3 km longer (29.9 km against 27 km). Two ends lie a little away from the village: Camp's is at Camp Junction, by Camp Junction House, about 1.2 km from Camp village, and Dunquin's is on the trail about 450 m from the village centre. No closure or diversion was published on 13 October 2026; the whole route closes for one day every year, on 28 February. Our climb is measured on terrain heights, so short steep steps are smoothed out.

Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 13 October 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.

The Dingle Way walk committee: the sections

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation

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