Red Deer Trail, Kilsture Forest
3.3 miles (5.3 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NX 436 501. Finish: NX 442 488. 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 2 miles of the 3.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 36 m of climbing and 38 m of descent; highest point 45 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1537
- Distance
- 3.3 miles (5.3 km). We measure 2 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 36 m. Highest point 45 m
Getting there
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Main Street, 1.7 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Village, 2 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 8 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1619Woodpecker Trail, Kilsture ForestShares 0.6 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Kilsture car park. This route starts on it at Kilsture car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1655Burnside Trail, Balloch Woods1.2 miles. Starts 5.8 miles away
- SC 1654Wild Watch Trail, Kirroughtree0.3 miles. Starts 9.2 miles away
- SC 1525Larg Hill Trail4.3 miles, circular. Starts 9.2 miles away
- SC 1562Little Bruntis Trail2.5 miles. Starts 9.3 miles away
- SC 1591Anniversary Cairn Trail, Kirroughtree1.5 miles. Starts 9.4 miles away
- SC 1641Motte Trail, Cally Woods0.8 miles. Starts 11.2 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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