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Glen Clova

6.21 miles (10 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Enjoy an easy walk through the beautiful Glen Clova, on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park. There's a nice country lane running through the Glen from the Hotel to Glen Doll, about 3 miles up the road. Along the way there are nice views of the River South Esk, which runs through the area. At Glen Doll there is a nice picnic area where you can relax before returning on the same path.
The route finishes in the Corrie Fee Nature Reserve where there are miles of nice woodland trails through the Glendoll Forest. The area is rich with wildlife and also includes beautiful alpine flowers with rare mountain willows clinging to the steep crags of the bowl shaped valley. From here you can also pick up the Jocks Road long distance trail. The path runs for 13 miles from the reserve to Braemar, via Glen Callater, Loch Callater and Glen Doll.
The walk up to Loch Brandy also starts from the same car park. There's a well defined footpath running up to the pretty lake for about 1.5 miles.
A few miles to the north there are more nice waterside trails around Loch Muick and the challenging climb to Lochnagar.

Glen Clova OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Glen Clova Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Photos

Glenclovahotel

Glenclovahotel

Glen Clova - geograph.org.uk - 1575425

Glen Clova

Glen Clova - geograph.org.uk - 442273

Glen Clova

The South Esk, Glen Clova. - geograph.org.uk - 516493

The South Esk, Glen Clova.

Glen Clova - geograph.org.uk - 439274

Glen Clova

Ditch, Glen Clova - geograph.org.uk - 439160

Ditch, Glen Clova

Bouldery slopes, Glen Clova - geograph.org.uk - 442271

Bouldery slopes, Glen Clova

"Glen Doll" picnic place - geograph.org.uk - 439151

"Glen Doll" picnic place

GPS Files

GPX File

Glen Cova.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Glen Cova.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)