Walking · Derbyshire

Monsal Trail

A 14.4 km point-to-point route near Bakewell, with 199 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 3.4 hours.

Distance14.4 kmClimbing199 mEstimated time3.4 hrDifficultymoderate

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

Monsal Trail is a complete walking route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 14.4 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityWalking
SurfaceCompacted
Descent87 m

Mapped surface mix

Compacted82% Paved18%

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