Blackstone Beast
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 17.07 mi -
Average duration: 9h 15 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 1,575 ft -
Descent: - 1,598 ft -
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Highest point: 866 ft -
Lowest point: 410 ft
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Country:
United Kingdom
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City:
Dunkeswell -
Start: N 50.863903° / W 3.226736° -
End: N 50.864528° / W 3.225058° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 817 ft - Start on
- 1 : mi 0.08 - alt. 807 ft - Turn left
- 2 : mi 0.15 - alt. 817 ft - Turn right onto Flightway
- 3 : mi 0.18 - alt. 814 ft - Turn left onto Flightway
- 4 : mi 0.72 - alt. 797 ft - Turn left
- 5 : mi 1.03 - alt. 738 ft - Turn slight left
- 6 : mi 1.26 - alt. 732 ft - Turn left
- 7 : mi 1.31 - alt. 741 ft - Turn right
- 8 : mi 2.1 - alt. 673 ft - Turn right
- 9 : mi 3.05 - alt. 784 ft - Turn left
- 10 : mi 3.39 - alt. 771 ft - Turn slight right
- 11 : mi 3.43 - alt. 771 ft - Keep right
- 12 : mi 3.6 - alt. 761 ft - Turn slight right
- 13 : mi 3.65 - alt. 748 ft - Keep left
- 14 : mi 4.32 - alt. 676 ft - Turn left
- 15 : mi 4.58 - alt. 525 ft - Turn right
- 16 : mi 4.65 - alt. 531 ft - Keep left
- 17 : mi 5.44 - alt. 705 ft - Turn right
- 18 : mi 5.46 - alt. 722 ft - Keep left
- 19 : mi 5.48 - alt. 728 ft - Turn left onto Buttle's Lane
- 20 : mi 6.12 - alt. 627 ft - Turn right
- 21 : mi 7.05 - alt. 807 ft - Turn left
- 22 : mi 7.07 - alt. 810 ft - Turn left
- 23 : mi 7.21 - alt. 801 ft - Turn left
- 24 : mi 7.76 - alt. 833 ft - Turn sharp right
- 25 : mi 7.83 - alt. 833 ft - Turn left
- 26 : mi 8.06 - alt. 804 ft - Turn left
- 27 : mi 8.14 - alt. 781 ft - Keep left
- 28 : mi 8.64 - alt. 741 ft - Turn left
- 29 : mi 8.67 - alt. 745 ft - Turn right
- 30 : mi 8.81 - alt. 643 ft - Turn sharp left onto Honiton Road
- 31 : mi 8.98 - alt. 709 ft - Turn right
- 32 : mi 9.23 - alt. 571 ft - Turn sharp right
- 33 : mi 9.76 - alt. 476 ft - Turn right
- 34 : mi 9.83 - alt. 469 ft - Turn right onto Sandy's Lane
- 35 : mi 9.88 - alt. 476 ft - Turn right
- 36 : mi 9.92 - alt. 476 ft - Turn right onto Sandy's Lane
- 37 : mi 9.96 - alt. 479 ft - Turn slight right onto Sandy's Lane
- 38 : mi 9.99 - alt. 486 ft - Keep right onto Sandy's Lane
- 39 : mi 10 - alt. 489 ft - Turn sharp left
- 40 : mi 10.71 - alt. 440 ft - Keep right
- 41 : mi 10.96 - alt. 440 ft - Turn left
- 42 : mi 11.08 - alt. 410 ft - Keep left
- 43 : mi 11.71 - alt. 522 ft - Turn sharp left
- 44 : mi 11.72 - alt. 525 ft - Turn right
- 45 : mi 12.21 - alt. 820 ft - Turn slight right
- 46 : mi 12.5 - alt. 679 ft - Turn slight right
- 47 : mi 12.55 - alt. 653 ft - Turn left
- 48 : mi 13.09 - alt. 489 ft - Turn right
- 49 : mi 13.27 - alt. 584 ft - Turn sharp left
- 50 : mi 13.79 - alt. 620 ft - Turn right
- 51 : mi 13.99 - alt. 735 ft - Turn right
- 52 : mi 15.16 - alt. 817 ft - Turn left
- 53 : mi 15.87 - alt. 820 ft - Turn left onto Powells Way
- 54 : mi 15.94 - alt. 837 ft - Turn left onto Highfield Road
- 55 : mi 16.14 - alt. 843 ft - Turn right
- 56 : mi 16.94 - alt. 774 ft - Turn left
- E : mi 17.07 - alt. 807 ft
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