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Heysen Trail

1105.1 km· ↗ 15598 m· waymarked· Mountain trail· National route

The trail is in South Australia. A 1105 km point-to-point route: the finish is not where you started. Total ascent is about 15598 m. Elevations along the way range from 0 to 960 m. The trail is waymarked on the ground.

This description is assembled from OpenStreetMap data and our own terrain calculation.

Surface

  • unpaved — 194.7 km (18%)
  • dirt — 90.9 km (8%)
  • gravel — 56.7 km (5%)
  • asphalt — 43.7 km (4%)
  • paved — 6.9 km (1%)
  • other — 2.7 km (0%)
  • not recorded — 715.7 km (64%)

Surface data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways.

Who is allowed

  • MTB difficulty: S0

The OpenStreetMap mtb:scale, where 0 is an easy path and 6 is barely rideable. The route shows its HARDEST section.

Trail geometry and data come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Check them on the ground: waymarking can go out of date.