Mither Tap Timeline Trail
3.8 miles (6.1 km). About 3 hours, moderate.
Start: NJ 698 216. Finish: NJ 682 223. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file of the part mapped so far (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 1.4 miles of the 3.8 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing. See the whole route on the publisher’s page.
Up and down
About 361 m of climbing and 0 m of descent; highest point 502 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1531
- Distance
- 3.8 miles (6.1 km). We measure 1.4 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 3 hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Aberdeenshire
- Total ascent
- About 361 m. Highest point 502 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 50 m from the start. Directions NJ 698 216Car park (pay), 90 m from the start. Directions NJ 698 216
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: Inverurie station, 7.8 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: Insch station, 7.4 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 245 m in a kilometre (1 in 4), starting 0.8 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
OpenStreetMap records no pub or café within a quarter of a mile of the way: take food and drink with you.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1557Colony Trail, BennachieShares 0.6 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Bennachie Visitor Centre car park. This route starts on it at Bennachie Visitor Centre car park.
- SC 1517Mither Tap Quarry TrailFinishes on this route.
Walks nearby
- SC 1513Mither Tap Heather Brig6 miles, there and back. Starts 1.1 miles away
- SC 1203Millstone Hill Trail3.5 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SC 1599Larick Trail, Back o' Bennachie1.5 miles. Starts 2.8 miles away
- SC 1022Gordon Way11.6 miles, one way. Starts 9.4 miles away
- SC 1533Tappie Tower Trail3.8 miles. Starts 10.7 miles away
- SC 1282Craigivar Red Trail2 miles, circular. Starts 11 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.