Essential Information See more walks at www.thegreattrossachsforest.co.uk Baby changing facilities The Great Trossachs App is free to download Disabled toilet and provides more information about the Disabled parking special qualities of each route. Available on Android and IOS, the GPS function will help you navigate around the paths within The These facilities have varied opening hours: Great Trossachs Forest. Glen Finglas Visitor Gateway, Lendrick Hill car park, near Brig Also look out for the following leaflets: o’ Turk. Woodland Trust Scotland. Cycling The Great Trossachs Path Inversnaid Visitor Gateway. The Great Trossachs Path RSPB Scotland. The Glen Finglas Play Trail The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, The Art & Literature Trail Aberfoyle. Forestry and Land Explore Glen Finglas Scotland. RSPB Scotland Inversnaid nature reserve Loch Katrine trails Trossachs Pier, Loch Katrine. Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. Inversnaid Pier, Loch Lomond. Callander Meadows car park (disabled toilet at nearby Station Road car park) Cafés in the area: There are cafés on the Loch Venachar Shore, Brig o’ Turk, Trossachs Pier, Stronachlachar Pier and at Inversnaid and Callander. Gentle Walks All photographs courtesy of the Forestry Commission Picture Library unless otherwise credited. Design www.uprightcreative.com LLTNPA The Great Trossachs Path stretches across The Great Trossachs Forest, a VERY GENTLE massive conservation WALKS restoration project in the very heart of the Loch These walks are on tarmac Lomond and the Trossachs with gentle inclines only. National Park. The path network in The Great Trossachs Forest There is something for Some walks may not be National Nature Reserve everyone to enjoy with suitable for everyone as not enables you to discover the many short easy trails all are fully wheelchair GENTLE artistic heritage of the area, connected to the main accessible. Details of the sparkling loch shores, WALKS path offering stunning main obstacles are provided mountains and ancient viewpoints, picnic areas in each walk description. The surface of these walks is woodland of the Trossachs. and parking throughout. slightly rougher and there may be some slight hills. Every section of The Great Trossachs Path has its own unique character and this leaflet shows some of the more gentle walking UP FOR THE options. If you’re taking CHALLENGE small children and pushchairs or if you are Some routes have more less mobile then there are challenging sections but are lots of great options to still on firm gravel tracks. choose from. The Great Trossachs Path The Great Trossachs Path – Ruskin Viewpoint The Great Trossachs Path – Old Military Road Welcome to Brenachoile Trail 500m (one way) | 30 mins – Callander to Samson’s Stone 6km (one way) / 2.5 hours 3.4km (one way) | 1hr 45mins Dam Road car park 3km (one way) / 1.5 hours RSPB Scotland Garrison car park The Great Trossachs Pier car park Callander Meadows car park Trossachs This stunning lochside route can be walked The perfect walk for a great day out. An This short walk along a quiet tarmac road Following the tarmac NCN7 this part of The in either direction. Undulating for most Forest easy low level route on a quiet tarmac road with a slight incline leads to the site where Great Trossachs Path from Callander offers of the route, this section of The Great with spectacular loch and mountain views, Ruskin’s portrait was famously painted in a lovely walk to the base of the hill and a Trossachs Path is challenging due to both National ending at a great spot for a picnic. Learn 1853. A small moderately steep gravel slope great view of Samson’s Stone. After the its distance and for the duration of the about Loch Katrine’s fascinating history leads down to the viewpoint. For a longer road crossing and gate, the track becomes a steeper slopes. along the way. NOTE: a low volume of walk, start in Brig o’ Turk village. firm gravel track with some short moderate Nature traffic shares this route. slopes within the newly regenerating Reserve woodland. UP FOR THE CHALLENGE VERY GENTLE WALKS Please note this section of the route, north of Loch Katrine, is a a private road and shared with light traffic. Bunkhouse Car park - no charge Caravan site Car park - informal Bicycle hire Public house Information centre Cafe History panel Public toilets GENTLE WALKS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE £ Car park - charge Viewpoint Non-waymarked route on road Inversnaid Upland Trail The Great Trossachs Path The Great Trossachs Path Little Druim Wood Non-waymarked route on track/path Road 800m (one way) | 30mins – Brig o’ Turk to Loch Achray –Brig o’ Turk (Natural Play & Sculpture Trail) Track RSPB Scotland Garrison car park 2km (one way) / 1 hour 1km (one way) | 30 mins 1.5km | 45 mins Path Lendrick Hill car park Lendrick Hill car park Long distance trail There are lovely mountain views along this Leaving the picturesque village of Brig o’ National cycle route gentle uphill walk to a restored sheep fank Discover the natural play features and The Great Trossachs Forest National Nature Reserve Turk, walk as little or as much as you like Leading to the exceptionally pretty and The Great Trossachs Forest partners (an excellent picnic spot). This is a gravel, along the shore of Loch Achray. This section historic Brig o’ Turk village, this route is sculptures along this trail (children’s activity Woodland uneven 4x4 track, with a moderate slope of The Great Trossachs Path is mostly on along a firm gravel track with a short board leaflet accompanies). The path is a firm, New woodland and some muddy sections. a flat, firm gravel track, with a slight slope walk section. Cross at the road junction and gravel track with a road crossing and some steps. There are three short but steep slopes MapMap designed by by Harvey Harvey Map Map Services Services Ltd ©Ltd HARVEY © HARVEY 2015. 2015. at the bridge, and it is likely to be muddy follow The Great Trossachs Path to Brig o’ ThisThis map map was compiled compiled from from original original photogrammetric photogrammetric and and along this route. fieldfield surveys.surveys. 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