Scotland's Great Trails

Loch Lomond and Cowal Way

One of Scotland's Great Trails: 91 km (56 mi) with 2,695 m of ascent, about 5 days on foot.

Distance
91 km (56 mi)
Ascent
2,695 m
Days
5
High point
511 m

The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.

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Loch Lomond and Cowal Way
N Chadwick  · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Stages

A suggested split into 5 days of about 18.1 km (11.3 mi) each. The days are equal shares of the distance, not official stages. Each ends near the town or village named.

  1. Day 1 Portavadie to an unnamed point 18.1 km · 18.1 km from the start
  2. Day 2 An unnamed point to Dunans 18.1 km · 36 km from the start
  3. Day 3 Dunans to Strachur 18.1 km · 54 km from the start
  4. Day 4 Strachur to an unnamed point 18.1 km · 73 km from the start
  5. Day 5 An unnamed point to Inveruglas 18.1 km · 91 km from the start

Summits on the way

  • Creag Rubha Bhain 157 m · 13.7 km from the start

Tops within 300 m of the line. Summits from OpenStreetMap.

Start and finish

Start: near Portavadie, Argyll and Bute. 55.87668, -5.31694

Finish: near Inveruglas, Argyll and Bute. 56.25140, -4.70756

Directions to the start Directions to the finish

Places to stay

Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:

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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.