13.5km Arthurs Seat Big Loop (300m)

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.73 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 240 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 233 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 232 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.961281° / W 3.207648°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 15 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 15 m - Turn sharp left onto Gabriel's Road
  3. 3 : km 0.17 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight left onto Saxe-Coburg Street
  4. 4 : km 0.31 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto Henderson Row, B900
  5. 5 : km 0.86 - alt. 16 m - Turn sharp right onto Logan Street
  6. 6 : km 0.93 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 1.02 - alt. 19 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 1.14 - alt. 21 m - Turn sharp right onto Royal Crescent
  9. 9 : km 1.15 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Scotland Street
  10. 10 : km 1.32 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Drummond Place
  11. 11 : km 1.39 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto London Street
  12. 12 : km 1.56 - alt. 32 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto East London Street
  13. 13 : km 1.84 - alt. 31 m - Turn right onto Gayfield Square
  14. 14 : km 2.1 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right onto Leith Walk, A900
  15. 15 : km 2.11 - alt. 42 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto London Road, B1350
  16. 16 : km 2.17 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Blenheim Place
  17. 17 : km 2.24 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 2.25 - alt. 42 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 2.3 - alt. 43 m - Keep left
  20. 20 : km 2.38 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight left
  21. 21 : km 2.45 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right
  22. 22 : km 2.8 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 2.82 - alt. 45 m - Turn slight left
  24. 24 : km 2.85 - alt. 42 m - Keep right
  25. 25 : km 2.93 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 2.95 - alt. 47 m - Keep left
  27. 27 : km 2.97 - alt. 48 m - Turn slight left onto Carlton Terrace Brae
  28. 28 : km 3.01 - alt. 44 m - Turn slight right onto Abbey Mount
  29. 29 : km 3.13 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 3.16 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Abbeyhill
  31. 31 : km 3.16 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Croft-an-Righ
  32. 32 : km 3.35 - alt. 32 m - Turn slight right
  33. 33 : km 3.66 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Queen's Drive
  34. 34 : km 3.71 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 3.72 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 3.89 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 4.03 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight left
  38. 38 : km 4.45 - alt. 110 m - Keep right onto The Dry Dam
  39. 39 : km 4.77 - alt. 167 m - Turn slight left onto Piper's Walk
  40. 40 : km 4.92 - alt. 194 m - Turn right onto Piper's Walk
  41. 41 : km 4.94 - alt. 196 m - Keep left
  42. 42 : km 4.97 - alt. 198 m - Turn slight right
  43. 43 : km 5.11 - alt. 218 m - Turn left
  44. 44 : km 5.13 - alt. 221 m - Keep right
  45. 45 : km 5.15 - alt. 223 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 5.24 - alt. 232 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 5.38 - alt. 216 m - Keep left
  48. 48 : km 5.44 - alt. 199 m - Turn slight right
  49. 49 : km 5.75 - alt. 108 m - Turn slight left onto Volunteer's Walk
  50. 50 : km 5.83 - alt. 101 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 5.86 - alt. 97 m - Keep left
  52. 52 : km 6.06 - alt. 81 m - Turn sharp right
  53. 53 : km 6.07 - alt. 82 m - Turn slight right
  54. 54 : km 6.08 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 6.36 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight left
  56. 56 : km 6.37 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight left
  57. 57 : km 6.4 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  58. 58 : km 6.41 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 6.45 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Parkside Terrace
  60. 60 : km 6.47 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Parkside Terrace
  61. 61 : km 6.52 - alt. 77 m - Turn left onto Parkside Terrace
  62. 62 : km 6.6 - alt. 79 m - Turn slight right onto Parkside Terrace
  63. 63 : km 6.72 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto Dalkeith Road
  64. 64 : km 6.77 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto East Preston Street, A7
  65. 65 : km 7.17 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Summerhall Place, A700
  66. 66 : km 7.3 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto South Meadow Walk
  67. 67 : km 7.39 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  68. 68 : km 7.4 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Melville Terrace
  69. 69 : km 7.41 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  70. 70 : km 7.42 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto South Meadow Walk
  71. 71 : km 7.88 - alt. 75 m - Turn slight right onto South Meadow Walk
  72. 72 : km 7.89 - alt. 75 m - Turn sharp left onto South Meadow Walk
  73. 73 : km 7.9 - alt. 75 m - Turn slight right onto South Meadow Walk
  74. 74 : km 8.13 - alt. 75 m - Keep left onto Leamington Walk
  75. 75 : km 8.88 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  76. 76 : km 8.89 - alt. 93 m - Turn slight left onto Leamington Terrace
  77. 77 : km 9.29 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Gilmore Place
  78. 78 : km 9.3 - alt. 74 m - Turn left onto Leamington Road
  79. 79 : km 9.56 - alt. 68 m - Turn right onto Fountainbridge
  80. 80 : km 9.58 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Melvin Walk
  81. 81 : km 9.58 - alt. 67 m - Keep left onto Melvin Walk
  82. 82 : km 9.65 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  83. 83 : km 9.72 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  84. 84 : km 9.75 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  85. 85 : km 9.76 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
  86. 86 : km 9.77 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  87. 87 : km 9.82 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight right
  88. 88 : km 9.84 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Morrison Crescent
  89. 89 : km 9.85 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Morrison Crescent
  90. 90 : km 9.9 - alt. 62 m - Turn left
  91. 91 : km 9.95 - alt. 61 m - Turn left onto Dalry Place
  92. 92 : km 10.08 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Dalry Road, A70
  93. 93 : km 10.19 - alt. 58 m - Turn sharp left
  94. 94 : km 10.25 - alt. 56 m - Turn sharp right
  95. 95 : km 10.3 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  96. 96 : km 10.34 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  97. 97 : km 10.35 - alt. 55 m - Turn left onto Haymarket Terrace, A8
  98. 98 : km 10.61 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Magdala Crescent
  99. 99 : km 11.23 - alt. 55 m - Turn left onto Douglas Gardens
  100. 100 : km 11.37 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Belford Road
  101. 101 : km 11.5 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Belford Road
  102. 102 : km 11.6 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Hawthornbank Lane
  103. 103 : km 11.63 - alt. 29 m - Turn sharp right onto Hawthornbank Lane
  104. 104 : km 11.73 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  105. 105 : km 11.75 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp left onto Hawthornbank Lane
  106. 106 : km 12.4 - alt. 18 m - Keep left onto Water of Leith Walkway
  107. 107 : km 12.46 - alt. 18 m - Turn left
  108. 108 : km 12.62 - alt. 17 m - Turn right
  109. 109 : km 12.62 - alt. 17 m - Turn right onto Saunders Street
  110. 110 : km 12.68 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Deanhaugh Street, B900
  111. 111 : km 12.82 - alt. 15 m - Turn right
  112. 112 : km 12.84 - alt. 15 m - Keep left onto St. Bernard's Row
  113. 113 : km 12.96 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Arboretum Avenue
  114. 114 : km 13.15 - alt. 13 m - Keep right
  115. 115 : km 13.22 - alt. 14 m - Turn slight right onto Arboretum Avenue
  116. 116 : km 13.27 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Rocheid Path
  117. 117 : km 13.57 - alt. 14 m - Turn right
  118. 118 : km 13.69 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Glenogle Road
  119. S/E : km 13.73 - alt. 15 m

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