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38 Trails in Nanaimo, British Columbia

Trail Name	Length (mi)	City
Rusty Cable and Baker Street	16.0	Nanaimo
Extension Ridge Trail and The Abyss	14.0	Nanaimo
Doumont	10.0	Nanaimo
Linley Valley	8.0	Nanaimo
Westwood Lake	7.0	Nanaimo
the Abyss (Extension Ridge Trail and The Abyss)	3.1	Nanaimo
Brown Drive Park	2	Ladysmith
Cuppa Tea (Doumont)	1.5	Nanaimo
Mainline Trail (707 Community Park)	1.34	Gabriola
Mallard Lake Trail (Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park)	1.33	Nanaimo
Chainsaw Ridge (Benson Trails)	1.2	Nanaimo
Black Tower (Mount Elphinstone)	1.1	Gibsons
Meat Draw (Westwood Lake)	1.1	Nanaimo
Max Power (Westwood Lake)	1.01	Nanaimo
Stevie Smith Bike Park	1	Nanaimo
Fine China (Doumont)	1.0	Nanaimo
Mexican Jumping Bean (Mount Elphinstone)	0.99	Gibsons
Green Tunnel Trail (707 Community Park)	0.97	Gabriola
Mach Chicken (Mount Elphinstone)	0.71	Gibsons
Jail Trail (Doumont)	0.66	Nanaimo
Casa Tilly Trail (707 Community Park)	0.6	Gabriola
Kanaka Bay Trail (Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park)	0.51	Nanaimo
Beacon Hill Trail (707 Community Park)	0.5	Gabriola
East Loop Trail (707 Community Park)	0.5	Gabriola
Flow (Doumont)	0.5	Nanaimo
INC (Doumont)	0.42	Nanaimo
Brodie (Mount Elphinstone)	0.4	Roberts Creek
Coats Dr Spur (707 Community Park)	0.4	Gabriola
Bent Nail (Doumont)	0.3	Nanaimo
Gum Boot (Doumont)	0.25	Nanaimo
Lower Armageddon (Doumont)	0.25	Nanaimo
Hades (Doumont)	0.23	Nanaimo
Mary Jane (Doumont)	0.14	Nanaimo
Fisher Rd Spur (707 Community Park)	0.1	Gabriola
Gravity Cavity (Doumont)	0.1	Nanaimo
Mount Elphinstone	0.0	Gibsons
Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park	0.0	Nanaimo
Petroglyph Provincial Park	0.0	Nanaimo

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