Colony Trail, Bennachie
2.5 miles (4 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NJ 693 216. Finish: NJ 694 216. 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
About 106 m of climbing and 109 m of descent; highest point 230 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1557
- Distance
- 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Total ascent
- About 106 m. Highest point 230 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 480 m from the start. Directions NJ 698 216Car park (pay), 520 m from the start. Directions NJ 698 216
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: Inverurie station, 8.2 km away (Directions).
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
Steepest climb: about 64 m in a kilometre (1 in 16), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
OpenStreetMap records no pub or café within a quarter of a mile of the way: take food and drink with you.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1531Mither Tap Timeline TrailShares 0.7 miles of path with this route. Starts on this route at Bennachie Visitor Centre car park. This route starts and finishes on it at Bennachie Visitor Centre car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1513Mither Tap Heather Brig6 miles, there and back. Starts 0.9 miles away
- SC 1203Millstone Hill Trail3.5 miles, circular. Starts 2 miles away
- SC 1599Larick Trail, Back o' Bennachie1.5 miles. Starts 2.6 miles away
- SC 1517Mither Tap Quarry Trail5.5 miles. Starts 2.6 miles away
- SC 1022Gordon Way11.6 miles, one way. Starts 9.2 miles away
- SC 1282Craigivar Red Trail2 miles, circular. Starts 10.8 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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