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21 Trails in Parksville, British Columbia

Rank	Trail Name	Length (mi)	City
1.	Doumont	10.0	Nanaimo
2.	Englishman River Falls Provincial Park	10	Errington
3.	Mary Jane (Doumont)	0.14	Nanaimo
4.	Dem Bones (Englishman River Falls Provincial Park)	0.8	Parksville
5.	Gum Boot (Doumont)	0.25	Nanaimo
6.	Gravity Cavity (Doumont)	0.1	Nanaimo
7.	Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park	0.0	Parksville
8.	Machete Blade (Hammer Fest)	0.37	Parksville
9.	Lower Armageddon (Doumont)	0.25	Nanaimo
10.	Jughead (Hammer Fest)	2.18	Parksville
11.	Jail Trail (Doumont)	0.66	Nanaimo
12.	INC (Doumont)	0.42	Nanaimo
13.	Hades (Doumont)	0.23	Nanaimo
14.	Big Dipper Loop (Englishman River Falls Provincial Park)	0.5	Errington
15.	Little Dipper Loop (Englishman River Falls Provincial Park)	0.3	Errington
16.	Flow (Doumont)	0.5	Nanaimo
17.	Fine China (Doumont)	1.0	Nanaimo
18.	Cuppa Tea (Doumont)	1.5	Nanaimo
19.	Chainsaw Ridge (Benson Trails)	1.2	Nanaimo
20.	Bent Nail (Doumont)	0.3	Nanaimo
21.	Milky Way (Englishman River Falls Provincial Park)	1	Errington

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