Goldcrest Trail, Glentrool
1.3 miles (2.1 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Glentrool. Under an hour, easy.
Start: NX 371 786, 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 0.9 miles of the 1.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 36 m of climbing and 39 m of descent; highest point 110 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1611
- Distance
- 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 36 m. Highest point 110 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car park
- Car park (pay), 70 m from the start. Directions NX 371 785
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Glentrool Village, Post Office, 1.2 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 34 m in a kilometre (1 in 29), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1574Two Waters Trail, Glentrool2.3 miles. Starts 0.5 miles away
- SC 1523Water of Trool Trail4.5 miles. Starts 1.6 miles away
- SC 1514Loch Trool Loop5.8 miles, circular. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1147Merrick Trail4.4 miles, one way. Starts 3 miles away
- SC 1644Pond Path, Penninghame Pond0.8 miles, circular. Starts 6.6 miles away
- SC 1553Knockman Wood Trail2.8 miles. Starts 6.9 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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