Balerno To Flotterstone
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 8.55 mi -
Average duration: 5h 50 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 2,188 ft -
Descent: - 2,247 ft -
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Highest point: 1,890 ft -
Lowest point: 591 ft
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Country:
United Kingdom
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City:
Edinburgh -
Start: N 55.876687° / W 3.337542° -
End: N 55.854954° / W 3.223777° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 659 ft - Start on Cockburn Crescent
- 1 : mi 0 - alt. 659 ft - Turn right onto Balerno Terminus
- 2 : mi 0.03 - alt. 659 ft - Turn right onto Mansfield Road
- 3 : mi 1.21 - alt. 866 ft - Turn slight right
- 4 : mi 1.35 - alt. 850 ft - Keep left
- 5 : mi 1.86 - alt. 988 ft - Turn right
- 6 : mi 1.92 - alt. 988 ft - Turn left onto Red Road
- 7 : mi 2.06 - alt. 1,030 ft - Keep right onto Red Road
- 8 : mi 3.88 - alt. 1,503 ft - Keep left
- 9 : mi 4.69 - alt. 1,562 ft - Keep left
- 10 : mi 5.87 - alt. 1,634 ft - Keep left
- 11 : mi 6.51 - alt. 1,398 ft - Keep right
- 12 : mi 7.66 - alt. 863 ft - Turn right
- 13 : mi 8.05 - alt. 620 ft - Keep left
- 14 : mi 8.17 - alt. 610 ft - Turn right
- 15 : mi 8.2 - alt. 607 ft - Keep right
- 16 : mi 8.44 - alt. 594 ft - Turn slight right
- 17 : mi 8.5 - alt. 594 ft - Turn left
- 18 : mi 8.53 - alt. 594 ft - Keep right
- 19 : mi 8.55 - alt. 591 ft - Turn right onto A702
- E : mi 8.55 - alt. 591 ft
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