Loch Garbad Trail
3 miles (4.8 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NS 019 237. Finish: NS 025 219. 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 miles of the 3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 60 m of climbing and 186 m of descent; highest point 244 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1545
- Distance
- 3 miles (4.8 km). We measure 2 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- North Ayrshire
- Total ascent
- About 60 m. Highest point 244 m
Getting there
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Hall, 2.8 km away (Directions).
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stop
- Hall, 980 m from the finish. Directions NS 021 210
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 29 m in a kilometre (1 in 34), starting 1.1 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1542Giants' Graves Trail3 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1550Glenashdale Falls Trail2.8 miles, circular. Starts 2 miles away
- SC 1598Lagaville Trail1.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.7 miles away
- SC 1534Clauchland Hills Trail3.5 miles, circular. Starts 5.9 miles away
- UK 025Arran Coastal WayNational trail, 66 miles, circular. Starts 7.6 miles away
- SC 1191Fisherman's Walk3.1 miles, circular. Starts 7.7 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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