Hod Hill butterfly walk, Hod Hill
Linear Trail · Dorset
150
XP
about 39 min walking
Easiest approach involves one steep slope, alternative approach is gentler but longer. Site itself is level but uneven with little mud. Dogs welcome, but cattle are on the hill in summer and sheep in winter.
167 m
117 m
67 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
83 m
Drop
25 m
Highest
140 m
Lowest
76 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 200 m early on, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 19% for 200 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.2 km at 10%+, 0.2 km of it 15%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.0–0.5, from 76 m to 122 m.
How the 2.5 km splits
Flat
0.8 km
Climbing
0.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.2 km
Descending
0.7 km