Clauchland Hills Trail
3.5 miles (5.6 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Glenrickard car park. About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: NS 018 332, and finish. 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 1.9 miles of the 3.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 177 m of climbing and 138 m of descent; highest point 258 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1534
- Distance
- 3.5 miles (5.6 km). We measure 1.9 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- North Ayrshire
- Total ascent
- About 177 m. Highest point 258 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stop
- Forest Trail, 10 m from the start. Directions NS 018 332
- Car parks
- Cnoc na Dail, 50 m from the start. Directions NS 018 332Car park, 70 m from the start. Directions NS 019 333Car park, 310 m from the start. Directions NS 018 335
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 121 m in a kilometre (1 in 8), starting 0.2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- UK 025Arran Coastal WayNational trail, 66 miles, circular. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SC 1191Fisherman's Walk3.1 miles, circular. Starts 1.8 miles away
- SC 1598Lagaville Trail1.5 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SC 1499Goatfell from Brodick6.5 miles. Starts 2.4 miles away
- SC 1550Glenashdale Falls Trail2.8 miles, circular. Starts 5.1 miles away
- SC 1542Giants' Graves Trail3 miles. Starts 5.3 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?
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