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Loch Achray

0.93 miles (1.5 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk visits the beautiful Loch Achray in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
You can park at the Ben Venue Car Park at the western end of the loch. The good sized car park is close to the loch where you can walk along the road and shoreline. The Ben A'an Car Park is just around the corner if you prefer to visit the loch from there.
There's plenty of trails branching off from the loch into the wider woodland of the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. The loch is nicely positioned close to other bodies of water including Glen Finglas Reservoir, Loch Katrine, Loch Venachar and Loch Drunkie.
On the northern side of the Loch you will also find the picturesque Trossachs Church which dates to 1849.

Postcode

FK17 8HZ - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Loch Achray OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Loch Achray Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

Just to the west there's a nice circular trail to follow around Loch Chon.
To the south there's the fascinating Inchmahome Priory and Lake of Menteith, another major highlight of the area.
Near here there's the Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve where there's a fine boardwalk and a huge variety of flora and fauna to see.
For more walking ideas in the area see the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Walks page.

Photos

Loch Achray - geograph.org.uk - 1540386

Loch Achray

Loch Achray - geograph.org.uk - 964216

Taken from the loch side on a bright autumn day.

Loch Achray Shoreline - geograph.org.uk - 736403

Shoreline with Ben Venue towering behind

Trossachs Church - geograph.org.uk - 954953

Trossachs Church

Beside Loch Achray - geograph.org.uk - 225177

Thickly forested slopes rise up from Tigh Mor (Big House) luxury holiday flats on the loch shore. On the skyline is Bealach Grodaich, the pass between Creag Mhor and Sron Armailte.

Clach an t-suidhe,Trossachs - geograph.org.uk - 2133504

Clach an t-suidhe,Trossachs

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

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

Memory Map Route

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