Arthur’s Seat

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.40 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 73 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 69 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 123 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 35 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.939139° / W 3.183857°
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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. 75 m - Start on Moncrieff Terrace
  2. 2 : km 0.07 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Melville Terrace
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Summerhall
  4. 4 : km 0.18 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.19 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.24 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Hope Park Terrace
  7. 7 : km 0.5 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Spittalfield Crescent
  8. 8 : km 0.54 - alt. 77 m - Turn left onto St Leonard's Street
  9. 9 : km 0.55 - alt. 76 m - Turn sharp right onto Hermits Croft
  10. 10 : km 0.57 - alt. 76 m - Keep left onto Hermits Croft
  11. 11 : km 0.81 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 0.84 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto St Leonard's Bank
  13. 13 : km 0.85 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp left
  14. 14 : km 0.86 - alt. 76 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 0.92 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Queen's Drive
  16. 16 : km 1.15 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 1.16 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 1.22 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 1.23 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp left
  20. 20 : km 2.15 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 2.24 - alt. 36 m - Keep left
  22. 22 : km 2.54 - alt. 39 m - Keep left
  23. 23 : km 2.73 - alt. 38 m - Keep left
  24. 24 : km 2.73 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight right onto Queen's Drive
  25. 25 : km 2.79 - alt. 38 m - Keep right onto Queen's Drive
  26. 26 : km 3.3 - alt. 62 m - Keep left
  27. 27 : km 3.31 - alt. 62 m - Keep right
  28. 28 : km 4.1 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 4.11 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Queen's Drive
  30. 30 : km 6.25 - alt. 82 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Queen's Drive
  31. 31 : km 6.27 - alt. 82 m - Turn sharp right
  32. 32 : km 6.58 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 6.6 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 6.86 - alt. 76 m - Turn sharp left onto St Leonard's Street
  35. 35 : km 6.87 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Spittalfield Crescent
  36. 36 : km 6.91 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto Bernard Terrace
  37. 37 : km 7.21 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 7.22 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 7.28 - alt. 75 m - Keep left
  40. S/E : km 7.4 - alt. 75 m

Useful Information

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