County Dublin

Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur

Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur is a waymarked route in County Dublin, 7 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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10.1 km

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7 km

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Distance: 10.1 km as the map’s own distance tag has it7 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
Network: National waymarked way
Managed by: Dublin Mountains Partnership
County: County Dublin
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/1240001

The route will draw when you reach it.

Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur in dark green, with the other routes from the same place behind it in grey. The line comes in 2 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

The other routes from the same place

These start within eight hundred metres of the same point and share parts of their length. The arrows are what tell them apart on the ground, so each is named with its colour here rather than shown only in it.

Route	Waymark	Published	Measured	Shape
Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur	Not recorded	10.1 km	7 km	One way
Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur	Not recorded	None	7.3 km	One way

Getting to Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur

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Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur is in Ballyboden, County Dublin. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Ballyboden, 5.1 km from where the line begins, in a straight line. The journeys below are worked out to the start of the walk itself, so the last stretch is measured rather than left to you.

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The nearest scheduled stop is Cruagh Wood (12100), 340 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Cruagh Wood 340 m
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Killakee 420 m
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Tibradden 1.3 km
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Hell Fire Club 1.6 km
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Cunard 2.2 km
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Getting to Ballyboden covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur?

The map records 10.1 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 7 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 5.1 km from Ballyboden, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 2 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur at 7 km, Dublin Mountains Way Hellfire & Massey Spur at 7.3 km. They share parts of their length and are told apart by the arrows, so the one you follow is the one whose colour you keep to.

Why is the line broken on the map?

The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 2 pieces, which means the ways somebody drew for it do not meet end to end. The gaps are left as gaps here rather than bridged with a straight line, because a line drawn across a gap is an invitation to walk where there is no path. On the ground the route is almost certainly continuous; the map is what is incomplete.

Is it open today?

This page holds no closure notice for it, which is not the same as knowing it is open. Cliff paths and forest routes close after storms and during works, and those notices are published by the operator rather than on the map. The link above goes to whoever manages it.

Where this comes from

The route: The line, the name, the colour and the waymark are the OpenStreetMap relation relation/1240001, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here: The measured distance, whether the line is continuous, which settlement is nearest the start and every distance on this page are this site’s own calculations from that relation, last built on 2026-09-20. No climb is measured here, and no time is estimated: a walking time appears only where an operator publishes one.