Kennick Burn Trail
1 mile (1.6 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NX 660 650. Finish: NX 661 651. 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 0.8 miles of the 1 mile its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 32 m of climbing and 35 m of descent; highest point 165 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1629
- Distance
- 1 mile (1.6 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 32 m. Highest point 165 m
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
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 18 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Walks nearby
- SC 1656Buzzard Trail, Raiders' Road Forest Drive1.6 miles. Starts 3.2 miles away
- SC 1249Threave Estate Walk2.5 miles, one way. Starts 6.2 miles away
- SC 1641Motte Trail, Cally Woods0.8 miles. Starts 6.5 miles away
- SC 1648Woodland Trail, Barrhill Woods0.8 miles. Starts 9 miles away
- SC 1571Quarry Trail, Dalbeattie2.3 miles. Starts 11.4 miles away
- SC 1587Plantain Loch Trail1.8 miles. Starts 11.4 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.