![]() | Elephants Nest Pub Moorland |
Walks start in Mary Tavy and pass the famous Elephant's Nest pub.
Walk 1 (5.4 miles)
This delightful & varied walk follows the Dartmoor Way to Peter Tavy ,then turns East into a bridle way and later a footpath crossing a moor towards Boulters Tor. You return via Horndon not far from the Elephant's Nest.
At the pub ,for those who do not mind wetlands & steep ladders across hedges,there is an alternative way via Kingsett Farm - see RED dotted line on map NOT included in the gpx file.
length: | 5.4 miles |
time: | 2 hr 15 mins |
terrain: | tracks bridle,footpaths |
country lanes | |
main roads | 0 % |
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altitude range | 72 - 173 m |
![]() | Residential at Mary Tavy |
Elephant's Nest Walk 1
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Okehampton | |
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Mary Tavy | |
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Lydford | |
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