Little Bruntis Trail
2.5 miles (4 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NX 450 650. Finish: NX 450 650. 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 2.1 miles of the 2.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 84 m of climbing and 85 m of descent; highest point 95 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1562
- Distance
- 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 84 m. Highest point 95 m
Getting there
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Village, 1.6 km away (Directions).
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 37 m in a kilometre (1 in 27), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Connecting routes
- SC 1525Larg Hill TrailShares 1.4 miles of path with this route. Finishes on this route at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre. This route starts and finishes on it at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre.
- SC 1591Anniversary Cairn Trail, KirroughtreeStarts and finishes on this route at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre and Bardrochwood. This route starts and finishes on it at Kirroughtree Visitor Centre.
Walks nearby
- SC 1654Wild Watch Trail, Kirroughtree0.3 miles. Starts 0.2 miles away
- SC 1553Knockman Wood Trail2.8 miles. Starts 3.1 miles away
- SC 1655Burnside Trail, Balloch Woods1.2 miles. Starts 4.4 miles away
- SC 1588Talnotry Trail1.8 miles. Starts 5 miles away
- SC 1644Pond Path, Penninghame Pond0.8 miles, circular. Starts 5.4 miles away
- SC 1514Loch Trool Loop5.8 miles, circular. Starts 9.2 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.