Waterfalls Trail, Aros Park
0.8 miles (1.3 km), coastal. Under an hour, easy.
Start: NM 516 538. Finish: NM 518 540. 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 0.7 miles of the 0.8 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 68 m of climbing and 27 m of descent; highest point 72 m.
Breaks in the line are gaps in the mapped route.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1647
- 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
- Argyll and Bute
- Total ascent
- About 68 m. Highest point 72 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 230 m from the start. Directions NM 517 540Alainn View Parking (free), 430 m from the start. Directions NM 517 534Car park, 860 m from the start. Directions NM 521 532
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: a bus stop, 1.6 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: a bus stop, 1.7 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 67 m in a kilometre (1 in 15), starting 0.2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1638Cill an Ailean Trail0.8 miles. Starts 5.7 miles away
- SC 1428Ministers Walk0.9 miles, one way. Starts 10.5 miles away
- SC 1595Fishnish Loop1.5 miles, circular. Starts 11.6 miles away
- SC 1651Lochan na Dunaich Trail0.5 miles. Starts 12.9 miles away
- SC 1526Coastal Trail, Garmony and Fishnish4 miles, there and back. Starts 13.2 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
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