Cycling · Derbyshire

Monsal Trail

A 15.4 km point-to-point route near Cowlow, with 114 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 1.0 hours.

Distance15.4 kmClimbing114 mEstimated time1.0 hrDifficultymoderate

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

Monsal Trail is a complete cycling route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 15.4 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityCycling
SurfaceCompacted
Descent228 m

Mapped surface mix

Compacted82% Paved18%

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