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GeoTrail (Saltwells LNR)

Loop Walk · West Midlands

150

XP

about 49 min walking

Easy
3.33 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.

Geologic trail around the historic national nature reserve across 2 periods of earth's history. Initially the oldest rocks show change from seabeds to desert. The second series shows huge swampy forests with 45m+ trees that created the coal seams.

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188 m

138 m

88 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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

44 m

Drop

92 m

Highest

150 m

Lowest

100 m

Walking time

about 49 min

Main descent: km 0.0–0.8, from 150 m to 109 m.

How the 3.7 km splits

Flat

1.2 km

Climbing

1.1 km

Descending

1.4 km

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