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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 21.35 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 58 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 63 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 49 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 5 m
  • ⚐
    District: Glasgow 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.865888° / W 4.250845°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 32 m - Start on Cowcaddens Road
  2. 2 : km 0.22 - alt. 30 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.24 - alt. 30 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.25 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Cowcaddens Road
  5. 5 : km 0.38 - alt. 30 m - Keep right
  6. 6 : km 0.39 - alt. 30 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 0.92 - alt. 30 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 0.99 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 1.01 - alt. 39 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 1.08 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Spur Towpath
  11. 11 : km 2.66 - alt. 45 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 2.66 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 2.85 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 2.86 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Spur Towpath
  15. 15 : km 2.9 - alt. 46 m - Keep left onto Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Spur Towpath
  16. 16 : km 4.16 - alt. 47 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 4.17 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Spur Towpath
  18. 18 : km 4.19 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Spur Towpath
  19. 19 : km 4.97 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight left onto Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath
  20. 20 : km 6.5 - alt. 40 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 6.59 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 6.6 - alt. 37 m - Turn slight left onto Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath
  23. 23 : km 7.65 - alt. 30 m - Turn slight right onto Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath
  24. 24 : km 9.14 - alt. 31 m - Keep right onto Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath
  25. 25 : km 10.87 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Bard Avenue
  26. 26 : km 11.02 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto Archerhill Road
  27. 27 : km 11.34 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto Dyke Road
  28. 28 : km 12.53 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto Craggan Drive
  29. 29 : km 12.54 - alt. 6 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 12.63 - alt. 6 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 12.66 - alt. 6 m - Turn slight left
  32. 32 : km 14.45 - alt. 7 m - Keep right
  33. 33 : km 15.56 - alt. 6 m - Turn slight right
  34. 34 : km 15.6 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto South Street
  35. 35 : km 16.94 - alt. 6 m - Keep right onto Castlebank Street
  36. 36 : km 17.06 - alt. 6 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 17.07 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto Castlebank Street
  38. 38 : km 17.17 - alt. 6 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 17.2 - alt. 6 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 17.31 - alt. 7 m - Turn sharp right
  41. 41 : km 17.72 - alt. 8 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 17.87 - alt. 9 m - Keep right
  43. 43 : km 18.14 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Old Dumbarton Road
  44. 44 : km 18.41 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 18.41 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto Old Dumbarton Road
  46. 46 : km 18.6 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Argyle Street
  47. 47 : km 18.69 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Radnor Street
  48. 48 : km 18.76 - alt. 19 m - Keep left onto Kelvin Way
  49. 49 : km 18.89 - alt. 13 m - Turn right
  50. 50 : km 18.92 - alt. 14 m - Keep right
  51. 51 : km 19 - alt. 14 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 19.44 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 19.47 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight left onto Clairmont Gardens
  54. 54 : km 19.89 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Woodside Crescent
  55. 55 : km 19.92 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 19.93 - alt. 28 m - Keep right
  57. 57 : km 20.06 - alt. 29 m - Turn slight left onto Buccleuch Street
  58. 58 : km 21.1 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto West Nile Street
  59. 59 : km 21.16 - alt. 30 m - Keep right onto Port Dundas Road
  60. S/E : km 21.35 - alt. 31 m

Useful Information

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