Levada Nova da Calheta - Stage 5: ER210 to Fontanario da Caixa
- Location
- Prazeres, Madeira
- Category
- Outdoor & Adventure / Hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 105
- Distance
- 5.1 km (one way, 10.2 km out and back)
- Start Point
- ER210
- End Point
- Fontanario da Caixa
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.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Oct 17 to Feb 25. 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.
- Morning golden hour at km 0.1 from the trailhead: Nov 29 to Jan 13. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 0.1 from the trailhead: Feb 6 to Mar 1, Oct 13 to Nov 5, Nov 29 to Jan 14. 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.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 3.9 from the trailhead: Oct 12 to Mar 2. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
Fifth stage of the Levada Nova da Calheta walk, from the ER210 below Prazeres to the Fontanario da Caixa entry. Park at the drive-up by the fountain road and walk about 200 m up to the channel. Part of the Levada Nova da Calheta system, the long west-coast levada between Ponta do Pargo and the hills above Calheta.