8.5 Miler To Mortonhall And Craigmillar Castle.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.74 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 165 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 160 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 158 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 41 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.939618° / W 3.182427°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 75 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 2.39 - alt. 59 m - Turn slight right onto Liberton Brae, A701
  3. 3 : km 2.43 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto Blackford Glen Road
  4. 4 : km 3.49 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Howe Dean Path
  5. 5 : km 3.87 - alt. 127 m - Turn left onto The Ride
  6. 6 : km 4.35 - alt. 123 m - Turn right onto The Ride
  7. 7 : km 4.38 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto The Ride
  8. 8 : km 4.38 - alt. 123 m - Turn right onto Liberton Drive
  9. 9 : km 5.53 - alt. 143 m - Turn left onto Stanedykehead
  10. 10 : km 6.44 - alt. 124 m - Turn sharp right onto Alnwickhill Road
  11. 11 : km 6.82 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Liberton Drive
  12. 12 : km 6.82 - alt. 111 m - Turn right onto Alnwickhill Road
  13. 13 : km 6.88 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Liberton Drive
  14. 14 : km 8.74 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Old Dalkeith Road, A7
  15. 15 : km 8.92 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Craigmillar Castle Road
  16. 16 : km 8.96 - alt. 58 m - Turn sharp right
  17. 17 : km 9 - alt. 60 m - Keep right
  18. 18 : km 9.28 - alt. 88 m - Keep left
  19. 19 : km 9.32 - alt. 88 m - Keep right
  20. 20 : km 9.53 - alt. 90 m - Keep right
  21. 21 : km 9.65 - alt. 83 m - Keep left
  22. 22 : km 9.79 - alt. 76 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 9.8 - alt. 76 m - Keep right
  24. 24 : km 10.28 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 10.29 - alt. 52 m - Turn left onto Craigmillar Castle Road
  26. 26 : km 10.88 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Forkenford
  27. 27 : km 10.89 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 10.9 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto The Innocent Railway
  29. 29 : km 12.23 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 12.24 - alt. 59 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 12.29 - alt. 67 m - Turn slight left
  32. 32 : km 12.38 - alt. 69 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 12.38 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Duddingston Low Road
  34. 34 : km 12.69 - alt. 78 m - Keep left onto Queens Drive
  35. 35 : km 12.7 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 12.81 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Holyrood Park Road
  37. 37 : km 13.14 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto Dalkeith Road, A7
  38. 38 : km 13.25 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto East Preston Street, A7
  39. 39 : km 13.66 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Summerhall Place, A700
  40. S/E : km 13.74 - alt. 75 m

Useful Information

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