Car park can be found at 234 278 A. Take the track directly across the road that follows the Rocky River SE for about 1.5km. Rocky River is well named, for there are multiple crossing options. Turn west at 244 250 B and proceed up the gently rising slope for 1km. Ascent becomes steeper near the 300m mark. Terrain is long grass and heather. Well marked summit with cairn. Car to summit approx 1.5 hours. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/809/comment/5568/

Rocky Mountain was one of the first Mountains in the Mournes I climbed back in 2004. I have climbed it on a number of occasions since, usually as the first or last summit in a particular circuit. The picture below was taken from the summit back in September 2004. Rocky on this occasion was the last of a short circuit that started at Leitrim Car Park and took in Altataggart, Pierce's Castle, Tornamrock & Rocky. There is a small cairn of stones on the summit but the picture I took off that was out of focus. The picture looks over Altataggart & Tievedockaragh with Carlingford Lough & The Cooley's visible (centre.) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/809/comment/2774/

We tackled Rocky Mountain as the first peak on a circuit of the Rocky River Valley, following a very similar route to gerrym's walk More than a Pigeon fancier. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/809/comment/4757/

Seeing a group of about 7 or 8 ponies at the top of a mountain was a first for me. I did a little research and apparently these animals are wild, (according to a NI veterinarian group.) I also discovered that during the 18th and 19th centuries smuggling ships full of illicit packages of tobacco, wine, spirits, leather, silk and spices docked at the foot of the Mournes in Newcastle. Smugglers then loaded ponies with their loot and then hotfooted it through the Mournes to Hilltown. The smugglers track still exists today and was called 'The Brandy Pad.' The ancestors of those ponies perhaps??? Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/809/comment/20081/