Ardmolich Trail
2.3 miles (3.7 km), coastal. About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NM 715 714. Finish: NM 708 716. 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. Diverted along the Silver Walk path during forestry work. Source: forestryandland.gov.scot.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 1.1 miles of the 2.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 139 m of climbing and 83 m of descent; highest point 112 m.
Breaks in the line are gaps in the mapped route.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1566
- Distance
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km). We measure 1.1 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Highland
- Total ascent
- About 139 m. Highest point 112 m
Getting there
- Bus stop
- Kinlochmoidart (Post Box), 820 m from the start. Directions NM 712 721
- Car parks
- Drynie Hill (free), 30 m from the start. Directions NM 715 713Car park, 760 m from the start. Directions NM 721 709
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stop
- Kinlochmoidart (Post Box), 640 m from the finish. Directions NM 712 721
What to expect
Underfoot: gravel and tracks 100%.
Almost all off road.
On the way: 2 gates.
Steepest climb: about 81 m in a kilometre (1 in 12), starting 0.3 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1149Silver WalkShares 0.6 miles of path with this route. Starts on this route at Kinlochmoidart. This route starts and finishes on it at Ardmolich and Kinlochmoidart.
Walks nearby
- SC 1651Lochan na Dunaich Trail0.5 miles. Starts 4.3 miles away
- SC 1602Phemie's Walk1.5 miles. Starts 8.6 miles away
- SC 1471Pinewood Trail0.6 miles, one way. Starts 13.2 miles away
- SC 1379Glenfinnan Viaduct Trail1.5 miles, one way. Starts 13.3 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.