SC 1514
Loch Trool Loop
5.8 miles (9.3 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Caldons car park. About 2½ hours, moderate.
Start: NX 401 790, and finish. OS grid.
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Up and down
About 255 m of climbing and 256 m of descent; highest point 148 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1514
- Distance
- 5.8 miles (9.3 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 2½ hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 255 m. Highest point 148 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Culdons, 460 m from the start. Directions NX 397 790Car park, 550 m from the start. Directions NX 396 791
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 47 m in a kilometre (1 in 21), starting 1.6 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- UK 013Southern Upland WayShares 2.8 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Caldons car park.
- SC 1147Merrick TrailStarts on this route.
- SC 1523Water of Trool TrailStarts on this route at Caldons car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1574Two Waters Trail, Glentrool2.3 miles. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1611Goldcrest Trail, Glentrool1.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1553Knockman Wood Trail2.8 miles. Starts 6.8 miles away
- SC 1588Talnotry Trail1.8 miles. Starts 7.1 miles away
- SC 1644Pond Path, Penninghame Pond0.8 miles, circular. Starts 7.1 miles away
- SC 1591Anniversary Cairn Trail, Kirroughtree1.5 miles. Starts 9.1 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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