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The Great Elephant Trail

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Trail stats

Distance
8.71 mi
Elevation gain
3,120 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
3,077 ft
Max elevation
2,478 ft
TrailRank 
57
Min elevation
80 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
3 hours 28 minutes
Time
3 hours 50 minutes
Coordinates
2488
Uploaded
January 1, 2023
Recorded
January 2023
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near Kampung Masjid, Pulau Pinang (မလေးရှား)

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Itinerary description

The Great Elephant Trail 大笨象路线
Youth Park Open Carpark ➡️ Moon Gate ↗️ Station 5 ↗️ Station 84 ↗️ Moniot Road ↗️ Penang Hill ➡️ Old Crag Hotel ↘️ RG 9 ↘️ RG 4, 3 & 2 ↘️ Botanical Garden ➡️ Moon Gate

Trail Information:
🚩 Located at Moon Gate, Penang
🚩 Level of Difficulty: Easy 4/10
🚩 Start at Youth Park Open Carpark and ended at Moon Gate
🚩 Weather: Sunny
🚩 Loop hiking 14 KM in 4 hours

Note:
✴️ Bring 1 litre of water
✴️ Few carpark nearby. Reach earlier
✴️ Can choose to do reverse side as well
✴️ Rain Gauge collection: RG 8,9,4,3,2

Trail Head Location:
🌐 Moon Gate, Jalan Kebun Bunga
🌐 GPS: 5.433034, 100.297437

🐺 1st hike of year 2013. My #:181 wikiloc recording

📮 hikefuntw@gmail.com

🏁 Sunday, 1 January 2023

Waypoints

PictographDoor Altitude 23 ft
Photo ofTrail Head

Trail Head

Youth Park exit open carpark. From here walk to moon gate. Then hike up to Station 5

PictographWaypoint Altitude 92 ft
Photo ofMoon Gate Photo ofMoon Gate Photo ofMoon Gate

Moon Gate

🖼️ 4/6: Go Straight. Left turn to Station #:3

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 915 ft
Photo ofStation 5 Photo ofStation 5 Photo ofStation 5

Station 5

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,244 ft
Photo ofTo Station 84 Photo ofTo Station 84 Photo ofTo Station 84

To Station 84

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,310 ft
Photo ofStation 84 Photo ofStation 84 Photo ofStation 84

Station 84

🖼️ 3/6: Moniot Road. Use this jungle trail instead of jeep track

PictographIntersection Altitude 1,427 ft
Photo ofKeep Right Photo ofKeep Right Photo ofKeep Right

Keep Right

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,797 ft
Photo ofGo Up Photo ofGo Up Photo ofGo Up

Go Up

🖼️ 4/6: Keep Left

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,893 ft
Photo ofHere Photo ofHere Photo ofHere

Here

PictographIntersection Altitude 2,287 ft
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By Path A

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,459 ft
Photo ofPenang Hill Photo ofPenang Hill Photo ofPenang Hill

Penang Hill

🖼️ 3/6: Slight Left 🖼️ 5/6: Left Turn 🖼️ 6/6: Keep Right

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,277 ft
Photo ofTo Crag Hotel Photo ofTo Crag Hotel Photo ofTo Crag Hotel

To Crag Hotel

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Old Crag Hotel

6/6: Left Turn Here Go In

PictographIntersection Altitude 2,252 ft
Photo ofKeep Left Photo ofKeep Left Photo ofKeep Left

Keep Left

🖼️ 4/6: Left Turn

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,830 ft
Photo ofJungle Trail Photo ofJungle Trail Photo ofJungle Trail

Jungle Trail

PictographIntersection Altitude 2,131 ft
Photo ofRG 9 (Right Turn) Photo ofRG 9 (Right Turn) Photo ofRG 9 (Right Turn)

RG 9 (Right Turn)

🖼️ 3/6: Keep Right to Botanical Garden. Left to Bukit Cempedak / Western Hill

PictographIntersection Altitude 1,958 ft
Photo ofGo Straight Photo ofGo Straight

Go Straight

Straight to Botanical Garden. Left to Zizai Hill

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,614 ft
Photo ofRG 4 Photo ofRG 4 Photo ofRG 4

RG 4

🖼️ 3/6: RG 3

PictographIntersection Altitude 971 ft
Photo ofRight Turn Photo ofRight Turn Photo ofRight Turn

Right Turn

🖼️ 4/6: RG 2

PictographWaypoint Altitude 857 ft
Photo ofGo Straight Photo ofGo Straight Photo ofGo Straight

Go Straight

🖼️ 3/6: Slight Left

PictographIntersection Altitude 283 ft
Photo ofRight Turn Photo ofRight Turn Photo ofRight Turn

Right Turn

PictographWaypoint Altitude 140 ft
Photo ofBotanical Garden Jogging Track Photo ofBotanical Garden Jogging Track Photo ofBotanical Garden Jogging Track

Botanical Garden Jogging Track

PictographWaypoint Altitude 128 ft
Photo ofTo Moon Gate Photo ofTo Moon Gate Photo ofTo Moon Gate

To Moon Gate

PictographDoor Altitude 149 ft
Photo ofTrail Head ~ End Photo ofTrail Head ~ End Photo ofTrail Head ~ End

Trail Head ~ End

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