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Squirrel Trail

Loop Walk · County Durham

150

XP

about 38 min walking

Easy
2.79 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.
0 km0.5 km1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km

155 m

105 m

55 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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Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

50 m

Drop

77 m

Highest

122 m

Lowest

66 m

Walking time

about 38 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 14% for 250 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 250 m early on, no steep descents.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 1.2–2.8, from 118 m to 73 m.

How the 2.8 km splits

Flat

0.7 km

Climbing

1.0 km

Descending

0.9 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

Yew Tree Trail

Starts here too · Crosses at km 2.5

3.46 km

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