Water of Trool Trail
4.5 miles (7.2 km). About 2 hours, easy.
Start: NX 397 790. Finish: NX 380 786. 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 1.4 miles of the 4.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 84 m of climbing and 63 m of descent; highest point 142 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1523
- Distance
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km). We measure 1.4 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 2 hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 84 m. Highest point 142 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Culdons, 50 m from the start. Directions NX 397 790Car park, 160 m from the start. Directions NX 396 791
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Glentrool Village, Post Office, 2.1 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 66 m in a kilometre (1 in 15), starting 0.3 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- UK 013Southern Upland WayThis route starts on it at Caldons car park.
- SC 1514Loch Trool LoopThis route starts on it at Caldons car park.
- SC 1574Two Waters Trail, GlentroolFinishes on this route at Caldons. This route finishes on it at Glencaird.
Walks nearby
- SC 1147Merrick Trail4.4 miles, one way. Starts 1.5 miles away
- SC 1611Goldcrest Trail, Glentrool1.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.6 miles away
- SC 1553Knockman Wood Trail2.8 miles. Starts 6.7 miles away
- SC 1644Pond Path, Penninghame Pond0.8 miles, circular. Starts 7 miles away
- SC 1588Talnotry Trail1.8 miles. Starts 7.3 miles away
- SC 1591Anniversary Cairn Trail, Kirroughtree1.5 miles. Starts 9.1 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?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.