Anniversary Cairn Trail, Kirroughtree
1.5 miles (2.4 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NX 447 652. Finish: NX 450 650. 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.
Warning: Diversion in place. Part of this route is closed or diverted for now. Forestry and Land Scotland lists this trail as diverted. Source: forestryandland.gov.scot.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 0.9 miles of the 1.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 32 m of climbing and 65 m of descent; highest point 98 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1591
- Distance
- 1.5 miles (2.4 km). We measure 0.9 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 32 m. Highest point 98 m
Getting there
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Village, 1.8 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Village, 1.6 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 21 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1525Larg Hill TrailFinishes on this route at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre. This route starts and finishes on it at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre and Bardrochwood.
- SC 1562Little Bruntis TrailStarts and finishes on this route at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre. This route starts and finishes on it at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre and Bardrochwood.
Walks nearby
- SC 1654Wild Watch Trail, Kirroughtree0.3 miles. Starts 0.4 miles away
- SC 1553Knockman Wood Trail2.8 miles. Starts 2.9 miles away
- SC 1655Burnside Trail, Balloch Woods1.2 miles. Starts 4.6 miles away
- SC 1588Talnotry Trail1.8 miles. Starts 5 miles away
- SC 1644Pond Path, Penninghame Pond0.8 miles, circular. Starts 5.2 miles away
- SC 1514Loch Trool Loop5.8 miles, circular. Starts 9.1 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
Something wrong or missing?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.