Oak Coppice Trail
1.8 miles (2.9 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NN 520 014. Finish: NN 521 014. 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 1.5 miles of the 1.8 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 46 m of climbing and 68 m of descent; highest point 101 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1585
- Distance
- 1.8 miles (2.9 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Stirling
- Total ascent
- About 46 m. Highest point 101 m
Getting there
- Car park
- David Marshall Lodge Car Park (pay), 140 m from the start. Directions NN 519 014
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
Steepest climb: about 40 m in a kilometre (1 in 25), starting 0.9 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Connecting routes
- SC 1187Lime Craig TrailShares 0.7 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Aberfoyle. This route starts and finishes on it at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre.
- SC 1583Craigmore View TrailShares 0.6 miles of path with this route. Starts on this route at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre. This route starts and finishes on it at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre.
Walks nearby
- SC 1329Doon Hill Trail2.8 miles, circular. Starts 0.8 miles away
- SC 1335Easter Park Trail1.5 miles, circular. Starts 1.1 miles away
- SC 1563Lochan Spling Trail2.5 miles. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1637Braeval Trail0.8 miles. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1572Stonefields Trail2.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1290Ben Lomond Viewpoint2 miles, circular. Starts 1.9 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?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.