Culloden Wood Trail
2.3 miles (3.7 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NH 722 453. Finish: NH 722 453. 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 1.6 miles of the 2.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 85 m of climbing and 84 m of descent; highest point 125 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1568
- Distance
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km). We measure 1.6 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 85 m. Highest point 125 m
Getting there
- Bus stops
- Kessock View, 490 m from the start. Directions NH 719 450Kessock View, 560 m from the start. Directions NH 718 450Tower Road, 590 m from the start. Directions NH 717 455
- Car parks
- Car park, 560 m from the start. Directions NH 718 456Car park, 740 m from the start. Directions NH 716 457Car park, 950 m from the start. Directions NH 713 451
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 70 m in a kilometre (1 in 14), starting 0.4 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Walks nearby
- SC 1445Slighe Blàr Chùil Lodair0.8 miles, one way. Starts 1 mile away
- SC 127Loch Ness 360Long-distance route, 80 miles, circular. Starts 3.5 miles away
- SC 104John O'Groats TrailLong-distance route, 147 miles, one way. Starts 3.5 miles away
- SC 1570Ord Hill Circular2.3 miles, circular. Starts 4.7 miles away
- SC 1596Fort Trail, Ord Hill1.5 miles. Starts 4.7 miles away
- SC 1594Craig Phadrig Trail1.5 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?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.