Rio de Janeiro · Hiking

Acesso As Praias E Meio Circuito Na Ilha

An out-and-back trail, 6.3 miles each way (13 miles round trip) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

6.4 mi
round trip
4,983 ft
climb
518 ft
high point
Out and back
route

Acesso As Praias E Meio Circuito Na Ilha is an out-and-back trail, 6.3 miles each way (13 miles round trip) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, inside Área de Proteção Ambiental Marinha Boto Cinza. It runs between about 0 ft and 520 ft above sea level, with roughly 2,510 ft of climbing one way. Most of the way is dirt. The nearest town is Itacurussá, about 0.5 miles south of the trailhead. Peaks within about 3 miles include Morro do Corte Grande and Morro Mazomba. Cachoeira Veu de Noiva and Cachoeira do Itinguçu are within about 3 miles. There are 6 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the route shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trails, access rules and conditions change, so check locally before you go.

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Trilha De Ligação Com a Praia GrandePhoto: TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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~3 min drive

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Trilha De Acesso a Pedra Do Papagaio

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~42 min drive

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~33 min drive

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~3 min drive

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~38 min drive

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Circuito Cachoeiras

~3 min drive

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~42 min drive

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Conditions and forecast

Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Acesso As Praias E Meio Circuito Na Ilha for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.

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