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Howth Bog of the Frogs Loop

Howth Bog of the Frogs Loop is a waymarked loop in County Dublin, 11.1 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws, marked with purple arrow on white background.

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12 km

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11.1 km

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Distance: 12 km as the map’s own distance tag has it11.1 km measured along the line the map draws
Climb: 240 m as the map records it. This site does not measure climb.
Shape: A loop, back to where it started
Waymarked: Purple arrow on white backgroundAs the map records. Colour is never the only thing this page uses to tell routes apart.
Network: Local waymarked route
County: County Dublin
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/6744693

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Howth Bog of the Frogs Loop in purple. The line comes in 5 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Howth Bog of the Frogs Loop is in Howth, County Dublin. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Howth, 2.7 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 Shearwater (715), 470 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Shearwater 470 m
bus 6
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Ceanchor Road 580 m
bus 6
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St Fintan's Road 680 m
buses 6 and 31n
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Old Carrickbrack Rd 730 m
buses 6 and 31n
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Carrickbrack Road 1.0 km
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Getting to Howth covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Howth Bog of the Frogs Loop?

The map records 12 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 11.1 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Howth Bog of the Frogs Loop start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 2.7 km from Howth, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Why is the line broken on the map?

The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 5 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/6744693, 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.