Loch Meiklie View Trail
5.3 miles (8.5 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Balnain car park. About 2 hours, moderate.
Start: NH 449 298, 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 4.5 miles of the 5.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 262 m of climbing and 132 m of descent; highest point 310 m.
Breaks in the line are gaps in the mapped route.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1518
- Distance
- 5.3 miles (8.5 km). We measure 4.5 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 2 hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Highland
- Total ascent
- About 262 m. Highest point 310 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stops
- Balnain, 510 m from the start. Directions NH 446 302Balnain, 570 m from the start. Directions NH 446 303
- Car parks
- Car park, 40 m from the start. Directions NH 449 298Car park, 60 m from the start. Directions NH 449 298Glen Urquhart Forest (free), 70 m from the start. Directions NH 449 297
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 109 m in a kilometre (1 in 9), starting 0.2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 113Affric Kintail WayThis route starts and finishes on it at Balnain car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1404Craigmonie Trail1.2 miles, circular. Starts 3 miles away
- SC 1343Milton Trail1.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.3 miles away
- SC 110Trail of the 7 LochsLong-distance route, 50 miles, circular. Starts 8.2 miles away
- SC 1546Coire Loch Trail2.8 miles. Starts 10.4 miles away
- SC 1297Dog Falls Trail2 miles, circular. Starts 10.7 miles away
- SC 1618Upper Reelig Trail1.3 miles. Starts 10.7 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
Something wrong or missing?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.