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1 Cruach Tairbeirt 2 3 For more information These pretty woods nestle above the pass Where the lively Croe Water washes the foot At the head of , explore pretty Tel: 0300 067 6600 through which warlike once of is a dramatic landscape that On a bike, you woodland where the beautiful Donich Falls Email: [email protected] land-hauled their longships from Loch has attracted travellers for centuries. Make can follow the are framed by towering conifers and join Long to . Today, the secluded your own journey along the tree-lined river as moderate 7 mile generations of travellers passing along the Explore ’s Forest Parks hillside is perfect for finding some peace. it tumbles towards . Salmon swim in (11km) Ardgartan old Duke’s Path. its waters, while otters play where it meets the Penisula and loch. Each spring, the Croe Water’s banks are Coilessan Glen 1 Glenmore 4 Arrochar Trail Argyll draped with swathes of bluebells. route Glen Donich Trail 2 Tay 5 Tweed Valley . Linking Arrochar and Tarbet Station, this path 3 Queen Elizabeth 6 Follow an ancient Argyll road to discover the Forest Park passes through attractive birchwoods and glorious Donich Waterfalls at the head of a provides wonderful views across Loch Long secluded glen. Inverness to the . Riverside Trail 1 Uneven gravel paths, 2½ miles Where great forests Aviemore Uneven gravel path 2½ miles A delightful stroll through the beech and oak with rough and narrow / 4.1 km meet Atlantic shores Aberdeen with some short rocky / 3.9 km woodland alongside the sparkling Croe Water. rocky sections. Allow 1½ Fort William sections. Long steep Allow 1½ hours Pitlochry Occasional patch may 2 slopes. Some sections Firm gravel surface with 1½ miles hours be muddy. Long steep and the Lomond Loch Perth Dundee may be muddy. some grassy and uneven / 2.4 km Park National 3 slopes for 600m. 4 sections. Includes some Allow Aberfoyle Includes some rough exposed tree roots and 1 hour Stirling Edinburgh steps, a kissing gate and very muddy sections. a stile. 5 Two short steep slopes, Peebles a bridge and some Ayr Selkirk broad steps. 6 Dumfries Otter © Andy Rouse 20x20 Vision Loch Shore Trail Use #FoundMyForest on your A great combination of river bank and loch shore pictures and videos, and we’ll share with good views across Loch Long them on social media. Designed by Design & Visitor Planning, Forestry and Land Scotland-40K/JTCP/April 2019/Edition 1. 2019/Edition and Land Scotland-40K/JTCP/April Forestry Planning, Visitor & Design by Designed and Land Scotland unless otherwise © Forestry stated. Photography Jo Scott. by written Text Uneven gravel surface, 2¼ miles with some narrow, / 3.7 km grassy and rough rocky Allow Find out more: sections. Includes some 1½ hours forestryandland.gov.scot/argyllfp short steep slopes and one bridge. Some very muddy parts. Look For information on public transport services out for vehicles along contact Traveline Scotland, 0871 2002233 or access road. www.travelinescotland.com

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1 1 2 2 3 3 Where great forests Welcome to Map Key and Trail meet Atlantic shores 44 Argyll Forest Park Forestry and Land Scotland Information Land Woodland Parking Easy access facilities Other Woodland Toilets Discover this beautiful, tree-cloaked corner of Scotland to walk, ride Forest Park Boundary and relax in Britain’s oldest forest park. Trobhad is cuir eòlas air National Park Boundary Cycling Main road cuairtean-coille a’ cheàrnaidh àlainn seo den Ghàidhealtachd. Air chois Picnic table Secondary road Viewpoint no air rothar: tha an roghainn agadsa! Minor road Wildlife viewing 5 Forest road 5 Track road Today, you can explore ’s most inspiring You will encounter some of the biggest trees in Non-FLS parking Path woodlands on a network of well-managed trails. Britain here. Conifers especially love Cowal, with 6 Non FLS Caravan site 6 Forest trails In this landscape of mountain and glen, its cool, moist climate and long summer days. There (colour waymarked) Non FLS toilets forest and water, you can discover breathtaking are also many native woods, rich with oak, birch, 77 Non FLS easy-access 1 Start of forest trails facilities views, picnic by peaceful lochs, reflect on unique alder and willow. 88 Gaelic heritage and find exhilarating challenges on Other forest trails Please note: Any symbols your bike. Iconic Highland wildlife thrives here. Red squirrels West Highland way that appear black indicate are common while red and roe deer roam among Other long distance trails they are not Forestry and the trees. If you are lucky, you might glimpse otters Cycle route Land Scotland facilities. playing or golden eagles flying overhead. 99 Take care on the hills Please remember that the weather on the hills can change very quickly. Even in summer, conditions on the tops of hills Buzzard © 20x20 Vision 1010 are often much colder and windier than at low levels, despite clear skies. 4 5 Riverside Trail 6 Benmore Big Tree Trail Broadleaves Trail Walk beneath (and indeed over) some towering Enjoy a gentle stroll along Glenfinart Burn to the Discover spectacular waterfalls A charming wander through native oak, Explore stunning woodland on routes once the Douglas firs, cypresses and silver firs planted in the Take your bike the Arched Bridge beneath exotic monkey puzzles, Puck’s Glen 7 in the lush Allt Robuic gorge, birch and hazel woodland, and a fine preserve of Ardentinny’s foresters who nurtured nineteenth century. Some great views from the top. 9 miles (14.5km) along cypresses, and firs. towering conifers and views avenue of cypress and beech that was seedlings here. The beach is washed by the the undulating West ¾ mile/ Discover a magical trail through Puck’s Glen, Uneven gravel and earth 1¼ miles over in this stunning planted for the Glenbranter Estate. waters of Loch Long, familiar to Viking fleets, Firm tarmac and gravel Loch Eck Trail between 1.3 km a deep, woodland gorge with acascade of paths with exposed tree / 1.9 km woodland. The estate was once Gaelic raiders, wartime Commando assault surface throughout, with Allow Glenbranter and Firm but uneven 1 mile / enchanting waterfalls. At nearby Benmore, walk roots and muddy sections. Allow owned by music hall star Sir boats and nuclear submarines. A 4.75-mile someloose stones. Generally ½ hour Benmore. gravel surface 1.5 km under mighty conifers, including Californian Some long steep slopes 1 hour Harry Lauder, who sold it to the (7.6km) path leads to . flat with one short fairly throughout. Includes Allow redwood,and marvel at the blooming Forestry Commission in 1921. steep ramp or adjacent and low trees to duck under. some steep slopes ¾ hour steps. Look out for vehicles rhododendrons in May and early June. and a flight of steps. along the access road. Black Gates Trail A full tour of Benmore Forest that combines the Glen Eck Trail Birchwood Trail giant conifers of Benmore with the spectacular The stiff but rewarding ascent below Creag A short walk that climbs through native birch and gorge of Puck’s Glen and provides great views Bhaogh reveals wonderful views across oak woodland above the crags of Lover’s Leap, across the valley. Glen Eck to and Beinn Mhôr. before returning down Grotto Burn. Narrow and rough rocky 3 miles Long steep slopes sections in Puck’s Glen that / 4.8 km 2 miles Firm but uneven surface, 1 mile / may be wet. Several steep Allow for up to 500m. Firm / 3.2 km with grassy and rocky 1.6 km 2 hours gravel and grassy Allow sections that are narrow Allow slopes with long flights of FLS surface throughout. 1½ hours and potentially muddy ¾ hour uneven steps. Includes a Includes some short in places. Long steep slopes number of bridges. flights of steps. for 400m and some steps.

Puck’s Glen Gorge Trail

Waterfall Trail A magical trail that winds along a Victorian walkway Laird’s Trail A dramatic route up the Allt Robuic gorge, up the dramatic rocky gorge that is said to be home where native oakwoods cloak a series of A varied route around the attractive shoreline of to mischievous spirits. Pass several waterfalls spectacular waterfalls. Finart Bay. Climb through the larch forest to the beneath the towering Douglas firs. During your Laird’s Grave for great views across Loch Long. visit, keep a sharp eye out and you might just spot Uneven gravel 2¼ miles the mystical Ghillie Dhu! paths with exposed / 3.6 km Wide, firm tarmac and 2 miles tree roots and Allow gravel surface, with / 3.3 km Firm but uneven gravel 1¾ miles narrow or muddy 1½ hours some loose stones and a Allow paths, with some rough, / 2.8 km sections. Includes slightly uneven section. 1 hour Dipper © Andy Rouse 20x20 Vision rocky and narrow sections. Allow a number of steep Some fairly steep slopes. Several steep slopes and 1 hour slopes with flights Includes two openings long flights of rough steps. of uneven steps. 0.9m wide and a section Includes numerous bridges Several bridges. along the road. and some wet sections after rain.

8 9 Corlarach Berry Burn Trail 10 Ardyne John Jackson Trail Meander up through the young conifers for great Wander the woodlands of the world in this A brief introduction to the exotic species of the Look down over , the capital of Cowal, views over Dunoon and the Clyde. Enjoy exceptional views to the Western Isles remarkable hillside arboretum. Since the arboretum, taking in ornamental maples, from this network of hillside paths. There are and some surprising oriental scenery. A cycle Uneven gravel and earth 2 miles / 1930s, hundreds of species have been Japanese cedars and Himalayan spruces. unforgettable, panoramic views of the trail links Ardyne with the Corlarach car park. paths, with some narrow 3.3 km planted here to test their worth as timber of Clyde coast. Remains of old farms survive Firm gravel surface ¼ mile / and muddy sections. Allow producers. Many thrived – see for yourself as among the trees that provide shelter for throughout with some 0.4 km Includes some long fairly 1½ hour you explore Kilmun’s well-maintained paths. abundant wildlife. Chinese Ponds Trail In the summer heat, the different scents slightly uneven sections. Allow steep slopes and two ¼ hour Great spotted woodpecker © Pete Cairns 20x20 Vision Amid bright gorse and rhododendrons, discover are as striking as the different shapes and First section is wide and openings 1.1m wide. easy-going, the return these fabulous ponds and arched bridges built to includes short steep slopes mimic scenes on willow pattern crockery. Balgaidh Burn Trail and one bridge 0.9m wide. Mostly firm gravel 1½ miles Dìreach bho chionn ghoirid, b’ i sgìre Climb to the top of the forest for superb panoramic surface, with uneven / 2.6 km Ghàidhlig dha-rìribh a bh’ ann an views across Cowal and the . Return grassy sections. Includes Allow Comhghall, loma-làn de sgeulachdan, via the charming mixed woods along Balgaidh Burn. some muddy patches 1 hour òrain, is eachdraidh, is gun e ach ceum Conifer Trail and steep slopes. beag bìodach bho ùpraid a’ bhaile mhòir. Long steep slopes for up to 3 miles Climb the hillside to encounter redwoods and half a mile. Uneven gravel / 4.8 km sequoias from California and monkey puzzles paths, with earthy and Allow Just a short time ago Cowal was a truly from South America, as well as great views over rocky sections. Includes 2 hours Gaelic district, brimful of stories, songs, and the mountains of Cowal. and history, and just a little step from the two openings 1.1m wide. uproar of the city. Firm but uneven gravel ¾ mile / surface, with some grassy 1.3 km sections. Some long Allow steep slopes. ½ hour Cladaichean àlainn no bruaichean casa nam beann? Ceumannan socair sìmplidh no cuairtean- Eucalyptus Trail rothair cama cruaidhe? Visit some guests from Down Under on this Gheibh thu sgrìob anns na breathtaking circuit of the arboretum. On a coilltean a fhreagras ort. warm day, the wonderful aroma will transport Siuthad, gabh cuairt! you to the Australian bush. Uneven gravel paths with 1 mile / Lovely shorelines or steep some grassy sections. 1.6 km mountainsides? Easy paths Some long steep slopes Allow or challenging cycle-tracks? and bridges. ¾ hour You’ll find something to suit you in the forests. Go on and take a trail!