Achray Trail
0.8 miles (1.3 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NN 514 056. Finish: NN 514 057. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 49 m of climbing and 52 m of descent; highest point 131 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1635
- Distance
- 0.8 miles (1.3 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Stirling
- Total ascent
- About 49 m. Highest point 131 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park, 60 m from the start. Directions NN 514 057Car park, 250 m from the start. Directions NN 513 054Car park, 600 m from the start. Directions NN 515 050
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Underfoot: gravel and tracks 100%.
Almost all off road.
On the way: 1 gate.
Steepest climb: about 40 m in a kilometre (1 in 25), starting 0.4 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- UK 042Great Trossachs PathShares 0.4 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Achray car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1511Ben Venue hillwalk8.5 miles, there and back. Starts 0.9 miles away
- SC 1500Ben A'an from Loch Achray2.5 miles, there and back. Starts 0.9 miles away
- SC 1467Creag Noran Viewpoint Trail0.6 miles, circular. Starts 1 mile away
- SC 1615Loch Drunkie Trail1.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.5 miles away
- SC 1512Primrose Hill Trail, Loch Katrine6.5 miles. Starts 2.4 miles away
- SC 1585Oak Coppice Trail1.8 miles. Starts 2.7 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryandland.gov.scot on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry and Land Scotland, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry and Land Scotland).
- Facts: forestryandland.gov.scot
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