Routes Cádiz ProvinceGibraltar
Upper rock

Gibraltar, Cádiz Province

Upper rock

Length3.9 mi
Elev. Gain1131.6 ft
Est. Steps9000

Mountain

Fierce animal

Rocky

Steep slope

Created by Nigel Deborah
Introduction
Upper rock is a 3.9 mile (9,000-step) route located near Gibraltar, Cádiz Province. This route has an elevation gain of about 1131.6 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

St. Michael's Cave

Historical
St. Michael's Cave or Old St. Michael's Cave is the name given to a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at a height of over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. According to Alonso Hernández del Portillo, the first historian of Gibraltar, its name is derived from a similar grotto in Monte Gargano near the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo in Apulia, Italy, where the archangel Michael is said to have appeared.

Barbary macaques in Gibraltar

Place
Originally from the Atlas Mountains and the Rif Mountains of Morocco, the Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population on the European continent. Although most Barbary monkey populations in Africa are experiencing decline due to hunting and deforestation, the Gibraltar population is increasing.

Flat Bastion

Place
Flat Bastion is a bastion which projects southward from the Charles V Wall in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Once known as the St. Jago's Bastion or the Baluarte de Santiago in Spanish, the fortification was built by the Spanish in the mid 16th century and formed part of the southern defences of the city of Gibraltar, together with Charles V Wall, Southport Gates, Southport Ditch, and South Bastion.

Flat Bastion Magazine

Place
The Flat Bastion Magazine is a 19th-century magazine in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located within the Flat Bastion, a fortification that projects from the 16th century Charles V Wall at the former southern limit of the city. Flat Bastion Road extends through the bastion, just to the west of the magazine, south of which it becomes Gardiner's Road.

AquaGib

Place
AquaGib is the national utility company responsible for water supply and distribution in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the water supply on the Rock. The company is a joint venture between the Government of Gibraltar and a private firm.

Gardiner's Battery

Place
Gardiner's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is named after the governor Sir Robert Gardiner.

Genoese Batteries

Place
Genoese Batteries are a pair of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The Upper and Lower Genoese Batteries defended the south front of Gibraltar together with the Flat Bastion, South Bastion, Prince Ferdinand's Battery and Healy's Mortar. They were originally built by the Moors or Spanish but added to by the British in the 18th century.

Queen's Road, Gibraltar

Place
Queen's Road is the longest road in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It runs north-south through the Upper Rock Nature Reserve on the Rock of Gibraltar. It forks into Old Queen's Road which runs almost parallel with it for some part. The narrow road is halfway up the Rock and overlooks the Bay of Gibraltar.

Queen's Gate, Gibraltar

Place
Queen's Gate is a city gate in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. A large population of Barbary macaques reside in this area, making it a major tourist attraction. Most of the macaques sleep within an area of 9 hectares (22 acres) around the Queen's Gate.The gate was created by breaching the Charles V Wall in about 1790.

Leonora's Caves

Place
Leonora's Caves is a limestone cave system in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They are located within Old St. Michael's Cave.
Route Details

Length

3.9 mi

Elev. Gain

1131.6 ft

Est. Steps

9000
Created by
Nigel Deborah
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