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The Falls of Falloch dropping into a dark pool among green woods.
Loch Lomond

Falls of Falloch

A waterfall in Glen Falloch with a pool called Rob Roy's Bathtub and a steel viewing platform by the artist John Kennedy.

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The Falls of Falloch drop about ten metres into a deep, dark pool in Glen Falloch, a few miles south of Crianlarich beside the A82, and they make one of the best short stops on the road north from Loch Lomond.

The pool beneath is known as Rob Roy's Bathtub, from the story that the outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor liked to bathe or hide here.

Beside the falls stands a viewing platform made of steel rods by the artist John Kennedy. It lets you step out close to the water, and it gathers and amplifies the roar of the falls, while etched into its steel are lines from the diary Dorothy Wordsworth kept when she came this way in 1803. From the small car park just off the A82, an easy path leads to the falls in a few minutes; the whole visit takes less than half an hour. The car park is small.

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Before you go

A small car park just off the A82, about three miles south of Crianlarich; a short, easy path to the falls.

The whole visit takes under half an hour.

Where
A82, south of Crianlarich.
Walk
A few minutes each way.

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Where it is

Glen Falloch, south of Crianlarich.

Close byIn Glen Falloch.
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  2. Beinn Chabhair's rocky flanks streaked with snow.Beinn ChabhairThe rocky Munro above Inverarnan at the head of Loch Lomond, climbed past the waterfalls of the Ben Glas Burn.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. The painted crest above the inn's arched doorway.The Drovers InnThe old drovers' inn at Inverarnan, opened in 1705, with a stuffed grizzly bear in the hall and a name for ghosts.2 miles 3 min by road
  4. The still water of the old canal among trees at Inverarnan.Inverarnan CanalA short, lost canal of 1844 at the head of Loch Lomond, cut so the steamers could reach the drovers' inn at Inverarnan.2 miles 3 min by road
  5. West Highland WayWest Highland WayScotland's best-loved long walk, 96 miles from Milngavie to Fort William by Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor and Glencoe.3 miles 4 min by road
  6. Ben More and Stob Binnein white with snow under a blue sky.Stob BinneinBen More's twin above Crianlarich, at 1,165 metres.7 miles 11 min by road
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Places to stay near the falls, and when each is next free.

A Highland calf walks across a lawn before a pink harled house, a stone wall and outbuilding visible behind.Monachyle Mhor
  • To stay
  • In Balquhidder
  • 9 miles from the falls
Check datesSuie Hunting Lodge, Loch LomondSuie Hunting Lodge
  • To stay
  • In Luib
  • 10 miles from the falls
Check datesA dark timber cabin with a pitched metal roof stands among ferns and birch trees.Kabn
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Cairndow
  • 13 miles from the falls
Free 17–19 NovA stone cottage with a slated roof sits nestled among dense woodland, two paddleboards resting on the lawn in front.Red Squirrel Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Lochgoilhead
  • 16 miles from the falls
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