Around Badiyah
A rolling 90 km mixed-surface cycling route from Badiyah, Muscat & Eastern Hajar, with 379 m of climbing. The first 90 km has no café, shop or water. Most of this route has no surface data in OpenStreetMap (62%), so the surface is not measured.
At a glance
- Best for
- Rolling day rides
- Distance
- 90.4 km
- Elevation gain
- 379 m
- Riding time
- 1½–2½ hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Bike
- Any bike suited to the surface
- Surface
- Mixed surface
- Food & water
- None mapped
- Navigation
- GPX download
- Start → finish
- Badiyah
Map and elevation profile
Elevation profile
- 379 m
- 90 km
Route description
The ride starts at Badiyah at 139 m elevation and covers 90.4 km in a point-to-point shape through the Muscat & Eastern Hajar region. The route has gentle elevation changes, gaining 44% of the total climbing in the first half, and reaches a high point of 261 m at 87.9 km. The profile is mostly flat with 83% flat sections, 9% climbing, and 7% descending, with the steepest 500 m section at the start showing a 10.3% gradient.
Traffic, surface and gradient
- Roads
- 38% track · 62% unmapped
- Surface
- Most of this route has no surface data in OpenStreetMap (62%), so the surface is not measured.
- Gradient
- 9% climbing · 7% descending · 83% flat
Food, water and services
No café, shop or water point is mapped along the route - carry everything you need.
Know before you go
- Longest stretch without café, shop or water is 89.7 km from start to finish
- 38% of route on gravel or unpaved surfaces
- 55.8 km of the route is unmapped
- 34 km on tracks