Giants' Graves Trail
3 miles (4.8 km), coastal. About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: NS 046 252. Finish: NS 043 247. 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 mile of the 3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 129 m of climbing and 2 m of descent; highest point 131 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1542
- Distance
- 3 miles (4.8 km). We measure 1 mile along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- North Ayrshire
- Total ascent
- About 129 m. Highest point 131 m
Getting there
- Bus stops
- Ashdale Way, 60 m from the start. Directions NS 046 253Ashdale Bridge, 80 m from the start. Directions NS 047 252Baildon, 260 m from the start. Directions NS 046 255
- Car parks
- Car park, 80 m from the start. Directions NS 047 252Car park (free), 940 m from the start. Directions NS 045 262
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stops
- Ashdale Bridge, 670 m from the finish. Directions NS 047 252Ashdale Way, 730 m from the finish. Directions NS 046 253Baildon, 900 m from the finish. Directions NS 046 255
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 118 m in a kilometre (1 in 8), starting 0.3 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1550Glenashdale Falls TrailShares 0.4 miles of path with this route. Finishes on this route at Glenashdale forest entrance. This route starts on it at Glenashdale forest entrance.
Walks nearby
- SC 1545Loch Garbad Trail3 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1598Lagaville Trail1.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.4 miles away
- SC 1534Clauchland Hills Trail3.5 miles, circular. Starts 5.3 miles away
- UK 025Arran Coastal WayNational trail, 66 miles, circular. Starts 7 miles away
- SC 1191Fisherman's Walk3.1 miles, circular. Starts 7 miles away
- SC 1499Goatfell from Brodick6.5 miles. Starts 7.6 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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