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BC Beacon Climb

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Boston College Chestnut Hill Campus, 140, Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02467, United States
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Climb Profile

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40 m55 m65 m80 m1.1% from 0 m to 18 m3.4% from 18 m to 38 m2.4% from 38 m to 59 m6.1% from 59 m to 80 m4.9% from 80 m to 103 m0.0% from 103 m to 124 m0.0% from 124 m to 146 m1.3% from 146 m to 168 m0.9% from 168 m to 190 m-0.5% from 190 m to 212 m1.8% from 212 m to 234 m4.6% from 234 m to 256 m4.1% from 256 m to 278 m1.3% from 278 m to 302 m0.8% from 302 m to 327 m0.8% from 327 m to 351 m0.8% from 351 m to 376 m2.2% from 376 m to 398 m3.1% from 398 m to 421 m3.4% from 421 m to 444 m6.5% from 444 m to 466 m5.0% from 466 m to 488 m1.6% from 488 m to 507 m3.2% from 507 m to 525 m4.8% from 525 m to 544 m3.5% from 544 m to 564 m6.1% from 564 m to 582 m13.7% from 582 m to 600 m1.1% from 600 m to 618 m0.0% from 618 m to 640 m1.0% from 640 m to 661 m3.7% from 661 m to 679 m3.3% from 679 m to 697 m3.5% from 697 m to 718 m2.7% from 718 m to 736 m3.4% from 736 m to 754 m7.9% from 754 m to 771 m8.6% from 771 m to 788 m4.8% from 788 m to 805 m4.1% from 805 m to 822 m3.5% from 822 m to 839 m3.5% from 839 m to 856 m7.5% from 856 m to 873 m6.1% from 873 m to 891 m4.1% from 891 m to 908 m9.1% from 908 m to 926 m6.0% from 926 m to 943 m1.9% from 943 m to 959 m3.7% from 959 m to 975 m5.2% from 975 m to 992 m4.8% from 992 m to 1.0 km-5.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-12.1% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km2%3%4%5%-7%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.06 km / 0.66 miles
Elevation gain30.7 m / 101 ft
Average gradient2.9%
Maximum gradient5.7%
Elevation high77.17 m / 253 ft
Elevation low41.82 m / 137 ft
Climb difficulty score3,065.13

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,515,460th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 157,522nd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 4,564th out of 13,206 cycling climbs in Massachusetts.

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Ranks 894th out of 3,689 cycling climbs in Middlesex County.

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Ranking 27th out of 222 cycling climbs in Newton.

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