Two Waters Trail, Glentrool
2.3 miles (3.7 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NX 380 785. Finish: NX 384 789. 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 1.2 miles of the 2.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 73 m of climbing and 34 m of descent; highest point 127 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1574
- Distance
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km). We measure 1.2 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 73 m. Highest point 127 m
Getting there
- Car park
- Car park (pay), 870 m from the start. Directions NX 371 785
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Glentrool Village, Post Office, 2.1 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Glentrool Village, Post Office, 2.6 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 60 m in a kilometre (1 in 17), starting 0.6 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1523Water of Trool TrailFinishes on this route at Glencaird. This route finishes on it at Caldons.
Walks nearby
- SC 1611Goldcrest Trail, Glentrool1.3 miles, circular. Starts 0.5 miles away
- SC 1514Loch Trool Loop5.8 miles, circular. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1147Merrick Trail4.4 miles, one way. Starts 2.5 miles away
- SC 1644Pond Path, Penninghame Pond0.8 miles, circular. Starts 6.6 miles away
- SC 1553Knockman Wood Trail2.8 miles. Starts 6.7 miles away
- SC 1588Talnotry Trail1.8 miles. Starts 8 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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