Belfast Hills
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 24.55 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,982 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,982 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,560 ft
- TrailRank
- 29
- Min elevation
- 503 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 500
- Uploaded
- May 31, 2022
- Recorded
- May 2022
near Hyde Park, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
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Extraordinary route to the central massif of the Belfast Hills, loaded with historical places throughout its route.
We start from the Cave Hill Carpark to undertake the ascent to Squires Hill from this side, but an explicit sign does not allow us to enter with the bike because it is a private road. So we will go, surrounding this hill, to the main objective of the route: the Divis Hill, deviating on the way to comfortably climb the Wolf Hill, with its quarry in which, by the way, an episode of the series Game was recorded of Thrones (for fans of the subject, which is not my case).
We will reach the Divis and Black Mountain Carpark, to start the final ascent to these two hills from here, choosing the Ridge Trail, a path maintained by the National Trust through which we make an easy and beautiful tour of these hills. From the Black Mountain, with its trig pillar, the views of Belfast are impressive. We climb from here to the roof of the hills, the Divis Hill, with a curious final slope, where the views are, if possible, more amazing: Belfast at your feet, Scotland to the NE, the Mournes to the south, Lough Neagh, the Sperrins to the west and the entire line of hills that guards the city (you have to count on a good day, of course). Here is one of the primary triangulation pillars (Geodesic Vertices) from which the topographical network of the island of Ireland began to be drawn in 1825; a commemorative disc contemplates it.
From the top of the Divis we go down a good and fast track to the road we started on, thus closing the circuit, to try the ascent to Squires Hill on this other side, but again the final track to climb to the antenna is private and we have no option to ask for permission, staying only a few hundred meters from her. So, we return to the Cave Hill car park to comfortably climb to its plateau, with extraordinary views, visiting the White Stone before finishing our route through these amazing hills.
This alignment of the Belfast Hills, made up of: Cave Hill, Squires Hill, Wolf Hill, Divis Hill and Black Mountain Hill, would be completed with a last one, Collins Hill, further south, about 5 km from the Divis car park, which On this occasion, due to lack of time, it was not possible to tread.
Be careful with some sections of the road, heavy traffic and poor vision for cars (B95 and A52). For the rest, outside of asphalt, the tracks and trail of the Trail are excellent.
We start from the Cave Hill Carpark to undertake the ascent to Squires Hill from this side, but an explicit sign does not allow us to enter with the bike because it is a private road. So we will go, surrounding this hill, to the main objective of the route: the Divis Hill, deviating on the way to comfortably climb the Wolf Hill, with its quarry in which, by the way, an episode of the series Game was recorded of Thrones (for fans of the subject, which is not my case).
We will reach the Divis and Black Mountain Carpark, to start the final ascent to these two hills from here, choosing the Ridge Trail, a path maintained by the National Trust through which we make an easy and beautiful tour of these hills. From the Black Mountain, with its trig pillar, the views of Belfast are impressive. We climb from here to the roof of the hills, the Divis Hill, with a curious final slope, where the views are, if possible, more amazing: Belfast at your feet, Scotland to the NE, the Mournes to the south, Lough Neagh, the Sperrins to the west and the entire line of hills that guards the city (you have to count on a good day, of course). Here is one of the primary triangulation pillars (Geodesic Vertices) from which the topographical network of the island of Ireland began to be drawn in 1825; a commemorative disc contemplates it.
From the top of the Divis we go down a good and fast track to the road we started on, thus closing the circuit, to try the ascent to Squires Hill on this other side, but again the final track to climb to the antenna is private and we have no option to ask for permission, staying only a few hundred meters from her. So, we return to the Cave Hill car park to comfortably climb to its plateau, with extraordinary views, visiting the White Stone before finishing our route through these amazing hills.
This alignment of the Belfast Hills, made up of: Cave Hill, Squires Hill, Wolf Hill, Divis Hill and Black Mountain Hill, would be completed with a last one, Collins Hill, further south, about 5 km from the Divis car park, which On this occasion, due to lack of time, it was not possible to tread.
Be careful with some sections of the road, heavy traffic and poor vision for cars (B95 and A52). For the rest, outside of asphalt, the tracks and trail of the Trail are excellent.
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