Green Hill Trail, Forest of Ae
5.5 miles (8.9 km). About 2 hours, easy.
Start: NX 985 922. Finish: NX 985 922. 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.
Warning: Diversion in place. Part of this route is closed or diverted for now. Forestry and Land Scotland lists this trail as diverted. Source: forestryandland.gov.scot.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 3.3 miles of the 5.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 105 m of climbing and 105 m of descent; highest point 230 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1515
- Distance
- 5.5 miles (8.9 km). We measure 3.3 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 2 hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 105 m. Highest point 230 m
Getting there
We found no car park, station or bus stop near the start: none within a kilometre, no bus stop within 3 km and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap).
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 63 m in a kilometre (1 in 16), starting 1.1 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Connecting routes
- SC 1538Water of Ae Riverside TrailShares 0.5 miles of path with this route.
Walks nearby
- SC 1636Ae Naze Trail0.8 miles. Starts 1.3 miles away
- UK 028Romans and Reivers RouteNational trail, 52 miles, one way. Starts 1.6 miles away
- SC 120Sir Walter Scott WayLong-distance route, 92 miles, one way. Starts 10.2 miles away
- UK 035Annandale WayNational trail, 56 miles, one way. Starts 11.5 miles away
- SC 1547Craigieburn Trail2.8 miles. Starts 12 miles away
- SC 1625Flycatcher Walk, The Hills1 mile. Starts 12.3 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.