Highlight • Natural Monument
Red Lake and Spoil Heap
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51m
December 9, 2023
Running
Red Lake is an area of former china clay workings, with a peaceful lake and volcano-shaped spoil heap. Today it's a grass covered hill with great views over the south moor. The lakes in the area are inviting on a hot day, and it's a good site for a responsible wild camp.
The track from Ivybridge is a long run, but the navigation is easy and it feels brilliantly wild.
OuterEdge Events hold a popular Dartmoor Volcano race to this point each September.
The track from Ivybridge is a long run, but the navigation is easy and it feels brilliantly wild.
OuterEdge Events hold a popular Dartmoor Volcano race to this point each September.
51m
July 10, 2023
Cycling
Red Lake is a the volcano shaped spoil heap from the china clay and other mineral mining that used to occur here. Today it's a grass covered hill with great views over the south moor. The lakes are still and inviting on a hot day and it's a good site for a responsible wild camp.
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