Lochan Spling Trail
2.5 miles (4 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NN 498 010. Finish: NN 500 007. 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 53 m of climbing and 47 m of descent; highest point 45 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1563
- 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
- Stirling
- Total ascent
- About 53 m. Highest point 45 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Milton Forest Car Park (free), 50 m from the start. Directions NN 499 010Car park, 140 m from the start. Directions NN 497 010Car park (free), 250 m from the start. Directions NN 500 012
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 20 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1133Loch Ard Sculpture TrailThis route starts on it at Loch Ard Forest.
- SC 1290Ben Lomond ViewpointThis route starts on it at Loch Ard Forest.
Walks nearby
- SC 1585Oak Coppice Trail1.8 miles. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1583Craigmore View Trail1.8 miles. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1187Lime Craig Trail4 miles, one way. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1329Doon Hill Trail2.8 miles, circular. Starts 1.6 miles away
- SC 1335Easter Park Trail1.5 miles, circular. Starts 1.8 miles away
- SC 1637Braeval Trail0.8 miles. Starts 2.7 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.