6.5miles Hospital/rex Park/glen

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.59 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 99 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 104 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 134 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 45 m
  • ⚐
    District: Fife 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 56.083473° / W 3.472582°
  • ⚑
    End: N 56.080096° / W 3.470928°
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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.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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 : km 0 - alt. 131 m - Start on Ritchie Avenue
  2. 2 : km 0.11 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto East Baldridge Drive
  3. 3 : km 0.3 - alt. 134 m - Turn left onto Carswell Place
  4. 4 : km 0.58 - alt. 130 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.65 - alt. 127 m - Keep right
  6. 6 : km 0.72 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 0.75 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Woodruff Gait
  8. 8 : km 0.82 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto Myrtle Wynd
  9. 9 : km 0.95 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto Pilmuir Street, A823
  10. 10 : km 1.16 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Arthur Street
  11. 11 : km 1.94 - alt. 120 m - Turn left onto Townhill Road
  12. 12 : km 2.02 - alt. 117 m - Turn right onto Robertson Road
  13. 13 : km 3.14 - alt. 115 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 3.19 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Robertson Road
  15. 15 : km 3.67 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  16. 16 : km 3.85 - alt. 112 m - Turn left onto Access Road 3
  17. 17 : km 3.86 - alt. 112 m - Turn right onto Whitefield Road, B912
  18. 18 : km 4.1 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 4.11 - alt. 94 m - Keep right
  20. 20 : km 4.37 - alt. 83 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 4.38 - alt. 83 m - Turn left onto Whitefield Road, B912
  22. 22 : km 4.68 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Garvock Bank
  23. 23 : km 5.05 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 5.09 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Garvock Bank
  25. 25 : km 5.58 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Woodmill Road
  26. 26 : km 5.7 - alt. 67 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 5.9 - alt. 70 m - Turn slight left
  28. 28 : km 5.95 - alt. 69 m - Keep right
  29. 29 : km 6.17 - alt. 64 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 6.39 - alt. 58 m - Keep right
  31. 31 : km 6.57 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Blacklaw Road
  32. 32 : km 6.59 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Rosebank
  33. 33 : km 6.81 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 6.94 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 7.13 - alt. 49 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 7.28 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 7.39 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Malcolm Street
  38. 38 : km 7.44 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Mill Road
  39. 39 : km 7.44 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 7.5 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 7.5 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Malcolm Street
  42. 42 : km 7.78 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Woodmill Street
  43. 43 : km 8.07 - alt. 50 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Nethertown Broad Street, B9156
  44. 44 : km 8.41 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Moodie Street
  45. 45 : km 8.44 - alt. 52 m - Turn sharp right onto West Nethertown Street, B9156
  46. 46 : km 8.53 - alt. 50 m - Keep right
  47. 47 : km 8.56 - alt. 50 m - Turn sharp right
  48. 48 : km 8.66 - alt. 50 m - Keep right
  49. 49 : km 9.48 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Pittencrieff Street, A907
  50. 50 : km 9.52 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Maitland Street
  51. 51 : km 9.8 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Grieve Street
  52. 52 : km 9.81 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Ross Lane
  53. 53 : km 10.06 - alt. 91 m - Turn right onto Baldridgeburn, B9155
  54. 54 : km 10.06 - alt. 91 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 10.11 - alt. 93 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 10.16 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Trenchard Place
  57. 57 : km 10.23 - alt. 96 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 10.29 - alt. 100 m - Turn slight right onto Burns Street
  59. 59 : km 10.51 - alt. 119 m - Turn right onto East Baldridge Drive
  60. E : km 10.59 - alt. 126 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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⚑Departure from Fife

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Walking The Limekilns in Charlestown

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↔6.14 km ↗+32 m ↘-32 m ◔1h 50 ▲Easy
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Walking Knock Hill and Saline Hill

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↔9.67 km ↗+310 m ↘-311 m ◔3h 40 ▲Easy
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Walking Dumglow Direct

Association or club
↔5.67 km ↗+162 m ↘-159 m ◔2h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Perthshire and Kinross

Dumglow is an unavoidable point in the area of The Cleish Hill. The Cleish Hills straddle the boundary between Perth & Kinross and Fife. Made up of tussocky grass moorland they have a real hill feel to them despite not being particularly high. The highest point Dumglow lies within Perth and Kinross, but at 339m the nearby Park Hill is the seventh highest hill within Fife. Although Park Hill could be approached from the Fife side, it is probably best included with an ascent of Dumglow.

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Association or club
↔5.14 km ↗+244 m ↘-95 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Perthshire and Kinross

Dumglow is an unavoidable point in the area of The Cleish Hill. The Cleish Hills straddle the boundary between Perth & Kinross and Fife. Made up of tussocky grass moorland they have a real hill feel to them despite not being particularly high. The highest point Dumglow lies within Perth and Kinross, but at 339m the nearby Park Hill is the seventh highest hill within Fife. Although Park Hill could be approached from the Fife side, it is probably best included with an ascent of Dumglow.

Walking Dumglow Via Dumifarline And The Inneans

Association or club
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⚑Departure from Perthshire and Kinross

Dumglow is an unavoidable point in the area of The Cleish Hill. The Cleish Hills straddle the boundary between Perth & Kinross and Fife. Made up of tussocky grass moorland they have a real hill feel to them despite not being particularly high. The highest point Dumglow lies within Perth and Kinross, but at 339m the nearby Park Hill is the seventh highest hill within Fife. Although Park Hill could be approached from the Fife side, it is probably best included with an ascent of Dumglow.

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