Bardarroch Trail
2.3 miles (3.7 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NR 816 912. Finish: NR 823 908. 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.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 1.8 miles of the 2.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 90 m of climbing and 133 m of descent; highest point 146 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1567
- Distance
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km). We measure 1.8 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
- Argyll and Bute
- Total ascent
- About 90 m. Highest point 146 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park, 550 m from the start. Directions NR 821 910Car park, 780 m from the start. Directions NR 823 908
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Bellanoch, B841, 1.7 km away (Directions).
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stop
- Cairnbaan, B841, 920 m from the finish. Directions NR 833 907
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 76 m in a kilometre (1 in 13), starting 0.2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1541Dunardry TrailShares 1 mile of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Dunardry car park and Cairnbaan. This route starts and finishes on it at Dunardry car park and Cairnbaan.
Walks nearby
- SC 1593Barnluasgan Oakwood Trail1.5 miles. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SC 1536Loch Coille-Bharr Trail3.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SC 1610Cup and Ring Trail, Achnabreac1.3 miles. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SC 1606Arichonan Township Trail1.3 miles. Starts 2.4 miles away
- SC 1497Crinan Canal9 miles, one way. Starts 2.7 miles away
- SC 1528Crinan Trail4 miles. Starts 3.1 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
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