Levada da Fajã da Ovelha
- Location
- Calheta, Madeira
- Category
- Outdoor & Adventure / Hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 225
- Distance
- 11.7 km (one way, 23.4 km out and back)
- Start Point
- Posto Florestal dos Prazeres / ER210 levada access
- End Point
- Lombada dos Marinheiros levada crossing (municipal page labels ER101; current mapping labels ER222)
Sunrise and Sunset on This Trail
- Evening golden hour at km 0.0 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Morning golden hour at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Dec 2 to Jan 10. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 0.0 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Evening golden hour at km 0.1 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 0.1 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Evening golden hour at km 4.2 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 4.2 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 4.3 from the trailhead: Sep 29 to Mar 15. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 8.8 from the trailhead: Oct 8 to Mar 6. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
A long, nearly level agricultural-levada section linking Prazeres to Lombada dos Marinheiros. It passes pine/eucalyptus woodland, streams, cultivated plots and small humid pockets with Laurissilva species, with several intermediate road-access points.