[1][2] The road forms part of the Wild Atlantic Way.

[3] Parts of the road are on the Beara Way walking trail.

West of Adrigole, Hungry Hill rises to 686 m (2,251 ft), the Caha Mountains' highest peak, and features a 214 m (702 ft) water cascade.

The road continues to Castletown Bearhaven, a fishing port and former British naval base.

The road ends at Crow Head on Dursey Sound, where Ireland's only cable car connects the mainland to Dursey Island.