Rio de Janeiro · Hiking

Trilha Praia Brava

0.4 mi
round trip: 350 ft
climb: 313 ft
high point: Out and back
route

Trilha Praia Brava is an out-and-back trail, 0.4 miles each way (0.8 miles round trip) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, inside Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cairuçu. It runs between about 0 ft and 310 ft above sea level, with roughly 20 ft of climbing one way. The nearest town is Trindade, about 1.4 miles northeast of the trailhead. Peaks within about 3 miles include Morro da Mãe D'água, Morro da Toca do Boi and Morro do Cachadaço. Pedra que Engole is within about 3 miles. For camping, Camping do Cepilho and Camping Américo Rosa are within about 6 miles. There are 4 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.

Nearby · Trilha Pedra Que Engole · Trilha De Ligação Entre a Praia Da Enseada E a Praia De Fora · Trilha Das 7 Praias

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Photo: Ronaldo Leonardo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Trilha Pedra Que Engole

~3 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 0.4 miles each way (0.8 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

Photo: Manoel Messias de So…, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Trilha De Ligação Entre a Praia Da Enseada E a Praia De Fora

~45 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.0 miles each way (2.0 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

Photo: Geogast, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Trilha Das 7 Praias

~57 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 4.5 miles each way (9.1 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

Photo: Samuel Kosoba, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Trilha Para a Praia Do Cachadaço

~4 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 0.6 miles each way (1.2 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Trilha De Acesso Ao Pico Do Cuscuzeiro

~10 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 2.8 miles each way (5.6 miles round trip) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Marco Mello, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Trilha De Ligação Entre Praia Brava Da Almada E Praia De Cirilo

~17 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.2 miles each way (2.3 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Trilha Pico Do Papagaio (T13)

~1h 2m drive

A 2.2-mile point-to-point route in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Paulo SP/ Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Trilha De Acesso a Cachoeira Do Iriri

~35 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 0.3 miles each way (0.6 miles round trip) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Trilha Para a Pedra Cabeça Do íNdio

~4 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 0.7 miles each way (1.5 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Trilha De Acesso a Praia Brava Do Camburi

~13 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.1 miles each way (2.3 miles round trip) in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Photo: Otávio Nogueira from Fortaleza, BR, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Praia Brava

Next door

Photo: Daiane OSilva, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Camping do Cepilho

Next door

Photo: Filipo Tardim, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Morro do Cachadaço

~4 min drive

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Cachoeira Pedra Branca

~18 min drive

Conditions and forecast

Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Trilha Praia Brava for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.