River Feshie Trail
1.3 miles (2.1 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NH 849 046. Finish: NH 849 046. 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 0.8 miles of the 1.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 20 m of climbing and 20 m of descent; highest point 249 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1617
- Distance
- 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Highland
- Total ascent
- About 20 m. Highest point 249 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park (free), 20 m from the start. Directions NH 849 046Car park, 480 m from the start. Directions NH 853 043Car park, 930 m from the start. Directions NH 855 039
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Dalnavert Cottages, 2.1 km away (Directions); Aviemore station, 9 km away (Directions).
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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Connecting routes
- SC 1303Feshie Woodland TrailStarts and finishes on this route at Feshiebridge. This route starts and finishes on it at Feshiebridge car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1025Badenoch Way9.9 miles, one way. Starts 1.3 miles away
- SC 1357Uath Lochans Trail1.5 miles, one way. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SC 1257Farleitter Crag Trail2.5 miles, one way. Starts 1.8 miles away
- SC 1055Drakes Circuit7.2 miles, circular. Starts 2 miles away
- SC 1488Loch an Eilein Circular3 miles, circular. Starts 3.1 miles away
- SC 1134Aviemore Orbital3.8 miles, circular. Starts 5.7 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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