The Gibraltor Loop Trail

Record #: NST0071
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2019
Last Full Update: 24 Apr 2019

Location

Located In Musquodoboit Harbour
Where To Find Us
Trailhead:

Contact

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Website www.mta-ns.ca
E-Mail mta.ns.ca@gmail.com
Contact Stanley Van Dyke, Chair, Musquodboit Trailways Association

Description & Services

Information From the Gibraltar trailhead parking lot on Highway 357 proceed south for about 100 m to the northern entrance of this 1.3 km loop trail. It climbs steeply to Gibraltar Rock where the lookoff offers a bird's eye view of the river and road below. To the north the view is of the Shubenacadie glacial spillway. The trail continues along the granite ridge past Horne’s Lookoff for almost a kilometre where it crosses a babbling brook and arrives at Gibraltar Junction, the beginning of the North Granite Ridge Trail. From there the trail gradually winds downward past tall firs and mossy boulders, and rejoins the Musquodoboit Trailway at 1.1 km. 
 
Distance: 1.3 km 
 
Minimum elevation is 21 m  
 
Maximum elevation is 105 m 
 
Total Elevation Gain is 144 m with elevation loss is 144 m
Trail or Water Route Map

Special Information

Tags NS Trail Guide ; Recreation Categories