Category: Lochearnhead

Lochearnhead-St Fillans cycle path (update July 2023)

7 miles

START – Lochearnhead Village Hall.

Follow road behind the Village Hall.
First track uphill on the left
(*see note below).
Narrow path on the right (left goes to a house).
Lovely track.
End of tarmac.
Tricky section.
Great new section.
The Glen Tarken Bridge.
Not so great section.
Straight on.
Towards St Fillans play park.
Shoemaker’s Lane, St Fillans.

Good sections followed by not so good ones. Great new track just completed. Better than it was 3 years ago.
Lovely path for walkers (can be quite boggy towards St Fillans after heavy rain).
* Easy to follow the wrong track here. There is another track right ahead going to houses. The right track is the first one going uphill on the left (not signposted).

Three Glens Route (walk)

16 miles

START – Balquhidder Station. Space for 3 cars opposite the Golden Larches Restaurant.
The Three Glens are Glen Kendrum, Gleann Dubh and Glen Dochart.

Opposite the Golden Larches.
Cross the road and walk on pavement for 2 minutes.
Gate leads to the cycle track.
Follow cycle track to Edinchip Estate (the gate I usually go through to go to Glen Kendrum was locked today).
Left at Edinchip Estate (towards house).
Signposted (right) to Glen Kendrum.
Signposted again.
Go under bridge.
Turn right just after bridge.
Straight on from here.
Ford to cross.
Start of the descent.
Ford to cross.
Turn right on old railway line.
Go right when track splits (left track goes to Killin).
Stay on cycle track at junction.
Back to Balquhidder Station on the cycle track. (The gate on the right leads to Glen Kendrum starting form Glen Ogle, just before steep descent to Lochearnhead).

Lovely walk! For a more varied walk, it would be better to start from Glen Ogle car park, walk on the cycle track towards gate to Glen Kendrum (last picture), climb to Glen Kendrum, walk downhill towards Glen Dochart, then finish on flat surface (old railway line) to Glen Ogle. The way I did it, the last 3 hours are on flat surface. Loved the climb up to Glen Kendrum and the descent of Gleann Dubh into Glen Dochart.
Only saw sheep but I have been told by a fellow walker that you could have cows about.
You can also start this walk/mountain bike ride from Lochearnhead or Killin.
Great day!

Glen Ogle-Dochart Forest loop

5 miles approx.

START – Glen Ogle car park on the A85 between Lochearnhead and Killin.

Glen Ogle free car park.
Cross A85.
Narrow path next to white house.
Old railway track.
Ignore left track.
Ignore another left track.
Follow track on the right.
Straight on.
Cross A85 and follow narrow path on the right.
Straight on from there.
Follow Glenoglehead (route 7).
Back to car park.

Very nice loop!

St Fillans-Lochearnhead-Kingshouse-Callander-Comrie cycle loop

45 miles approx.

START – can be started from one of the above villages/town and done in the opposite direction. This ride starts from St Fillans.

THE ROUTE
First section on the A85 towards Lochearnhead (other option: South Loch Earn Road – minor road).
In Lochearnhead, follow the cycle path (route 7) towards Kingshouse/Strathyre/Callander.
In Callander, Ancaster Road leads to the Bracklinn Falls car park. Follow the tarmac road from the car park, then track, to Glen Artney Church car park (lovely bothy on the way) and to Comrie.
The last 6 miles from Comrie to St Fillans are on a cycle path.

St Fillans (A85).
Cycle path signpost on the A84.
Kingshouse. Straight on to Strathyre.
To Strathyre.
Left to Callander.
Callander main car park.
Cross bridge (Ancaster Rd).
Bracklinn Falls car park.
Straight on (tarmac road).
On the way to the bothy.
The bothy.
Glen Artney Church car park.
On the way to Comrie.
Comrie.
On the way out of Comrie.
Cross bridge on the left.
Cycle path to St Fillans.
St Fillans.

FANTASTIC loop to do. The section from Callander to the bothy is the hardest (very steep climb to reach the Bracklinn Falls car park).

Glen Kendrum walk

First 3.5 miles (up to stream)

START – Edinchip Estate on the A84, between Lochearnhead and Balquhidder. Follow private road.
OTHER OPTION – Check for gate on the cycle path near Balquhidder Station.
(There are a few spaces to leave a car on the A84 close to Balquhidder Station.)

  • Or path on the cycle path.
  • Left here.
  • Wet feet alert!

Impossible to cross the stream without having wet feet (on bike or on foot).
The path goes on, eventually joining the old railway line between Glen Dochart and Glen Ogle.
Not a strenuous walk, gradual up to the stream (steeper after that).