Polmaddy Settlement Trail
0.8 miles (1.3 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NX 592 878. Finish: NX 590 878. 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 0.5 miles of the 0.8 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 23 m of climbing and 22 m of descent; highest point 146 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1643
- 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 23 m. Highest point 146 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park, 30 m from the start. Directions NX 592 878Car park, 340 m from the start. Directions NX 590 875Car park, 900 m from the start. Directions NX 597 885
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 17 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1122Bardennoch TrailShares 0.2 miles of path with this route. Finishes on this route at Polmaddy. This route starts on it at Polmaddy car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1477Craiglea Trail0.5 miles, one way. Starts 8.1 miles away
- SC 1656Buzzard Trail, Raiders' Road Forest Drive1.6 miles. Starts 11.6 miles away
- SC 1588Talnotry Trail1.8 miles. Starts 11.6 miles away
- SC 1147Merrick Trail4.4 miles, one way. Starts 11.9 miles away
- SC 1178Cornish Hill Trail3.3 miles, circular. Starts 12.4 miles away
- SC 1514Loch Trool Loop5.8 miles, circular. Starts 13 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.