Parks Tour 18k

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.74 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 197 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 197 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 236 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 55 m
  • ⚐
    District: Fife 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 56.085583° / W 3.430861°
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Description

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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. 125 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.23 - alt. 121 m - Turn sharp left
  3. 3 : km 0.28 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.91 - alt. 136 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.92 - alt. 136 m - Turn right onto B912
  6. 6 : km 2.33 - alt. 162 m - Turn right onto Henderson Street
  7. 7 : km 2.81 - alt. 170 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 2.83 - alt. 170 m - Keep right
  9. 9 : km 3.54 - alt. 158 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 3.94 - alt. 172 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 4.8 - alt. 200 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 4.88 - alt. 186 m - Turn slight left
  13. 13 : km 4.94 - alt. 178 m - Keep right
  14. 14 : km 5.06 - alt. 157 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 5.53 - alt. 125 m - Turn sharp right
  16. 16 : km 7.18 - alt. 130 m - Keep left
  17. 17 : km 7.45 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto Kingseat Road
  18. 18 : km 7.59 - alt. 110 m - Turn right onto Pleasance Road
  19. 19 : km 8.13 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Pleasance Road
  20. 20 : km 8.54 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Queen Margaret Fauld
  21. 21 : km 8.55 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 8.72 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Queen Margaret Fauld
  23. 23 : km 9.05 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Whitefield Road
  24. 24 : km 9.14 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 9.15 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 9.19 - alt. 91 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 9.72 - alt. 91 m - Keep right
  28. 28 : km 9.77 - alt. 92 m - Keep left
  29. 29 : km 10.81 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight left onto Leys Park Road
  30. 30 : km 10.95 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 10.96 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 11.34 - alt. 90 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 11.42 - alt. 84 m - Turn sharp right onto East Drive
  34. 34 : km 11.45 - alt. 82 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 11.6 - alt. 73 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 11.64 - alt. 72 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 11.66 - alt. 71 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 11.72 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 11.88 - alt. 68 m - Turn slight left onto West Drive
  40. 40 : km 12.12 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Priory Lane
  41. 41 : km 12.35 - alt. 67 m - Turn right onto Priory Lane
  42. 42 : km 12.56 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 12.72 - alt. 65 m - Turn sharp left
  44. 44 : km 12.73 - alt. 69 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 12.98 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 13.18 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 13.24 - alt. 85 m - Turn slight right
  48. 48 : km 13.28 - alt. 87 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 13.31 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 13.42 - alt. 87 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 13.46 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Chalmers Street
  52. 52 : km 13.49 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 13.52 - alt. 88 m - Keep left
  54. 54 : km 13.6 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 13.92 - alt. 91 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 13.92 - alt. 91 m - Turn left
  57. 57 : km 13.93 - alt. 91 m - Turn slight left onto Winterthur Lane
  58. 58 : km 14.06 - alt. 95 m - Keep right onto Castleblair
  59. 59 : km 14.11 - alt. 98 m - Keep left
  60. 60 : km 14.26 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Broomhead Drive
  61. 61 : km 14.51 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Pilmuir Street
  62. 62 : km 15.22 - alt. 126 m - Keep right
  63. 63 : km 15.27 - alt. 125 m - Turn slight left onto Springbank Terrace
  64. 64 : km 15.28 - alt. 124 m - Turn right
  65. 65 : km 15.34 - alt. 123 m - Keep right
  66. 66 : km 15.68 - alt. 129 m - Turn right
  67. 67 : km 16.01 - alt. 128 m - Keep left
  68. 68 : km 16.64 - alt. 126 m - Turn slight right
  69. 69 : km 16.75 - alt. 125 m - Keep left
  70. 70 : km 16.84 - alt. 124 m - Keep left
  71. 71 : km 16.92 - alt. 128 m - Turn right
  72. S/E : km 17.74 - 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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Association or club
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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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