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Ballycastle Forest

Linear Trail · Northern Ireland

500

XP

about 4 h 54 min walking

8.52 km
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484 m

242 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

613 m

Drop

725 m

Highest

263 m

Lowest

11 m

Walking time

about 4 h 54 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 4.3 km, climbs 22% for 470 m near the end, comes down 16% for 600 m near the end.

Uphill: Climbs 16% for 600 m early on, comes down 22% for 470 m early on.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main climb: km 12.7–14.8, from 15 m to 211 m.

How the 19.4 km splits

Flat

5.7 km

Climbing

4.8 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.5 km

Descending

6.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.4 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.9 km

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