Start car park C584 126 A. Walk NE and turn left onto the Slaghtmanus Rd. At C583 129 B go right up forest track. At C583 137 C keep to the main track left across a small bridge. Where 4 tracks meet C583 140 D keep right and go up the hillside. At reference point C585 142 E This grid reference in the text is shown as point E on the Detail Map above'>C585142 E there are alternative routes to the top. Route 1: Veer left and go due N along the main track for about 1k to C586 150 F. Turn right and follow the track for 400m up to a junction C589 152 G. Turn left and follow track up to trig. pillar and top. Route 2: From C585 142 E continue straight ahead on a good track which then becomes a long, grassy, spongy, ride for some 500m, before once again becoming a forest track which is followed up to the trig pillar and top. The high point lies a few metres to the left (W) of the pillar. In very wet weather the best option is to follow Route 1. Return by way of ascent or combine both routes for a little variety. From the top the views N to Inishowen and then around E to Binevanagh and S to Benbradagh and the main Sperrin Ridge make the walk up well worthwhile. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/845/comment/5604/

On the same day as I climbed Crockdooish ( 18 May 2010) I also climbed Loughermore. Once at the crossroads on the A6 C546084 H I headed NE on the B69 signed for Limavady. The start of the walk was from the small car park for Loughermore Forest (already idenified by three5four0) at C5840012600 A following the same route but with one variation. From the car park I walked NE along the road and turned left onto the Slaghtmanus Road. The forest track at C583129 B, provided a little care is taken at various junctions, leads directly to the top and the Trig. Pillar.Although this is a walk on forest tracks it has the advantage that there are frequent cleared areas with views across to the main Sperrin ridge and beyond. At C5829913721 I I kept to the main track as it swung left across a small bridge and up to a meeting of four tracks at C5827313976 J. From here I kept to the right on up the hillside. At C5850214183 K K I was faced with a choice of route to the top. (1) I could follow the main track to the left and then some way along take the first right turn and follow same to the top or (2) Continue straight ahead uphill on a good track which evenually peters out to become a long grassy spongy ride of approx 500m before once again becoming a forest track which then leads straight to the top. This latter route is the one I choose to give some variety from forest track walking. In view of the dry conditions it was not too difficult to cross but I would not advise it as a route after a period of heavy rain! On the way to the top I met the main track coming in from the left at C5890115174 L L. The high point of this hill lies a few metres to the W (left) of the Trig Pillar C589 157 M. Comment by three5four0 on the view from the top is spot on, especially that down over Lough Foyle and across to Binevenagh (Keenaght's lowest hill). To the East I could see the large Windfarm on nearby Altahullion Hill. On my descent I decided to stay with the main forest track turning right at C5890115174 L L and walking a long straight line down to a T junction where I turned left and walked out to C5850214183 K K where I joined the track I had been on on my way up. From here I turned right and continued down back to the start. A satisfying walk of 7k easily completed in one and a half hours. This is a hill that can be walked as a break from driving on a journey to the NW (see also my comments on Crockdooish). It would also be possible to make a more circular and longer route by a selective choice of tracks, all of which seem to be accurately marked on OSNI Sheet 7. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/845/comment/4751/

Took the route described by Peter Walker and followed a gravel path up through the forest which takes you right to the top. A gentle ascent for the most part, even for my whinge-prone five-year old. Loughermore can be completed quickly by this route and feels like a stroll rather than a mountain ascent - the way up is rather uninspiring but there are good views from the top. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/845/comment/14736/

I took a different, slightly shorter (although I suspect rather similar in character) route through the forests that drape the southern slopes of Loughermore. It's possible to park just SW of the road junction on the minor road on the E slopes at (602 148 N); the forest road indicated on the map heading NW from here is easily traced on the ground once one has negotiated the two piles of earth placed here to make it inaccessible to vehicles.

The pedestrian should turn right at (599 151 O) and then right again at (588 154 P); arrival at the summit (which is indeed on the other side of the road from the trig point, a couple of hundred metres after leaving the forest) is inevitable. As previously noted, the view over Lough Foyle is very fine from here. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/845/comment/6379/