Motte Trail, Cally Woods
0.8 miles (1.3 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NX 605 560. Finish: NX 605 560. 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 0.7 miles of the 0.8 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 27 m of climbing and 34 m of descent; highest point 49 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1641
- Distance
- 0.8 miles (1.3 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 27 m. Highest point 49 m
Getting there
- Bus stops
- Murray Arms, 570 m from the start. Directions NX 601 564Mill on the Fleet, 720 m from the start. Directions NX 598 562
- Car parks
- Car park, 480 m from the start. Directions NX 602 563Car park (free), 690 m from the start. Directions NX 599 562
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 12 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1648Woodland Trail, Barrhill Woods0.8 miles. Starts 6.2 miles away
- SC 1629Kennick Burn Trail1 mile. Starts 6.5 miles away
- SC 1655Burnside Trail, Balloch Woods1.2 miles. Starts 8.1 miles away
- SC 1656Buzzard Trail, Raiders' Road Forest Drive1.6 miles. Starts 9.1 miles away
- SC 1249Threave Estate Walk2.5 miles, one way. Starts 9.5 miles away
- SC 1525Larg Hill Trail4.3 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.