Plantain Loch Trail
1.8 miles (2.9 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NX 836 600. Finish: NX 840 599. 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 1.6 miles of the 1.8 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 49 m of climbing and 34 m of descent; highest point 41 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1587
- 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
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 49 m. Highest point 41 m
Getting there
- Bus stops
- High Street, 140 m from the start. Directions NX 836 601Bypass, 340 m from the start. Directions NX 834 602High Street, 370 m from the start. Directions NX 835 604
- Car parks
- Town Wood, 150 m from the start. Directions NX 836 599Car park (pay), 890 m from the start. Directions NX 836 591Dalbeatie Forest (7-Stanes) (pay), 960 m from the start. Directions NX 836 591
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stops
- High Street, 450 m from the finish. Directions NX 836 601High Street, 640 m from the finish. Directions NX 835 604Bypass, 670 m from the finish. Directions NX 834 602
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 27 m in a kilometre (1 in 37), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1571Quarry Trail, DalbeattieShares 1 mile of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Town Wood car park. This route starts and finishes on it at Town Wood car park and Little Richorn.
- SC 1621Birch Trail, DalbeattieShares 0.5 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Town Wood car park. This route starts and finishes on it at Town Wood car park and Little Richorn.
Walks nearby
- SC 1249Threave Estate Walk2.5 miles, one way. Starts 5.3 miles away
- SC 1520Lochaber Trail, Mabie5 miles. Starts 8.9 miles away
- SC 1558Dalshinnie Glen, Mabie2.5 miles. Starts 9.1 miles away
- SC 1608Chinney Field, Mabie1.3 miles, circular. Starts 9.8 miles away
- SC 1522Nith View, Mabie4.5 miles. Starts 9.8 miles away
- SC 1625Flycatcher Walk, The Hills1 mile. Starts 10.1 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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