Lochan Trail, Glencoe Lochan
1 mile (1.6 km), circular, coastal. Starts and finishes at Glencoe Lochan. Under an hour, easy.
Start: NN 104 594, 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 0.8 miles of the 1 mile its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 17 m of climbing and 7 m of descent; highest point 55 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1630
- Distance
- 1 mile (1.6 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Type
- Circular, coastal
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Highland
- Total ascent
- About 17 m. Highest point 55 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stops
- Glencoe Hotel, 920 m from the start. Directions NN 098 587Glencoe Junction, 940 m from the start. Directions NN 097 587
- Car parks
- Car park (free), 30 m from the start. Directions NN 104 593Car park (free), 690 m from the start. Directions NN 106 587Car park, 820 m from the start. Directions NN 099 587
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 13 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1412Brecklet Path0.6 miles, one way. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1274Inchree Forest Walk2.3 miles, one way. Starts 5.3 miles away
- SC 1390Waterfall Walk1.3 miles, circular. Starts 5.3 miles away
- SC 1041Stob Ban (white peak) and Mullach nan Coirean (Summit of the Corries)8.2 miles, circular. Starts 6.1 miles away
- SC 1425Steall Falls2 miles, one way. Starts 7.2 miles away
- SC 1501Buachaille Etive MorStarts 7.9 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?
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