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in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.

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Loch Lomond

Islands, lochs and the Highland line.

Nature here follows the Highland Boundary Fault, and you can watch the land change as you cross it. Climb the steep little hill above Balmaha and the line runs away across Loch Lomond in a chain of wooded islands. In the Trossachs, Loch Katrine winds west into the hills where Scott set his poem, and the Duke's Pass climbs from Aberfoyle over forest and moor. Rob Roy lies at the foot of Loch Voil, and red squirrels forage along Loch Eck in Cowal. There are rushing falls at Callander, Killin and Inversnaid too. Pack a waterproof, and go a day after rain to see the falls in spate.

Falls of Falloch→
Loch Voil and Loch Doine→
Lake of Menteith→
Loch Lomond→
The Island of Inchmurrin→
Loch Katrine→
Bracklinn Falls→
Conic Hill→
Falls of Leny→
Inversnaid Waterfall→
Loch Eck→
Falls of Dochart→
Place of the day21 hours ago

Falls of Dochart.

Rapids pouring under the old bridge at Killin, with the MacNab chiefs' burial island in the river.

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From our guide20 hours ago

Bracklinn Falls.

Bracklinn Falls are a string of cascades on the Keltie Water, just above Callander, where the river tumbles through a deep, wooded gorge as it crosses the Highland Boundary Fault. The water comes down in a series of falls and pools over great slabs of rock, and it is at its wildest after heavy rain. Visitors have come since Victorian times. Floods swept the old bridge away in 2004, and a new crossing has been built since. A well-signposted path of just under a mile leads through the woods from a car park on the edge of town.

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From our guide17 hours ago

Inversnaid Waterfall.

At Inversnaid, on the remote east shore of Loch Lomond, the Arklet Water comes crashing down its last rocky steps straight into the loch, right beside the hotel and its pier. After heavy rain it fills the air with noise and spray. The falls have long drawn poets. William Wordsworth came this way in 1803, and Gerard Manley Hopkins walked up beside them in 1881 and wrote his poem Inversnaid. The West Highland Way passes the falls, and to the north lies the RSPB's Inversnaid reserve, a stretch of old Atlantic oakwood.

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Sunset 18:0216 hours ago

Golden hour at Loch Katrine.

The loch of Scott's Lady of the Lake, the birthplace of Scottish tourism and Glasgow's water supply, with a steamer of 1899.

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Lunch15 hours agoLoch LomondThe Broch Cafe4.1 milesLoch LomondSteamship Café7.8 milesLoch LomondThe Pier Cafe8.4 miles

Lunch near Loch Voil and Loch Doine.

The three good places closest to it: The Broch Cafe, Steamship Café and The Pier Cafe.

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From our guide14 hours ago

The Island of Inchmurrin.

Inchmurrin is the largest freshwater island in Britain, a long, wooded island in the south of Loch Lomond, a short boat ride from the western shore near Balloch. At its southern end stand the ruins of a castle of the Earls of Lennox, the great lords of this country in the Middle Ages. Later it became a deer park for the Dukes of Montrose. Today the Scott family have lived and worked on the island for three generations. Come for shingle beaches, woodland paths and wide views over the other islands, with no roads to speak of.

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Stay13 hours agoStirlingshireCromlix13.4 milesLoch LomondMonachyle Mhor13.6 milesLoch LomondSuie Hunting Lodge18.0 miles

Stay near Lake of Menteith.

The three good places closest to it: Cromlix, Monachyle Mhor and Suie Hunting Lodge.

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From our guide12 hours ago

The Duke's Pass.

The Duke's Pass is the stretch of the A821 that climbs out of Aberfoyle in tight bends and runs over the hills to Loch Achray, and it is one of the loveliest drives in the Trossachs. The Duke of Montrose built it across his estate, and it opened in 1886, when Scott's poem was still drawing Victorian visitors north. There are laybys and viewpoints along the way, and Ben Venue and Ben A'an rise ahead as you drop to the loch. Go in autumn, when the birches turn gold and the bracken rusts on the hills.

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From our guide9 hours ago

Falls of Leny.

The Falls of Leny are a rush of white water in the narrow, wooded Pass of Leny, just north-west of Callander, where the river breaks over rocks as it crosses the Highland Boundary Fault. For centuries the pass was one of the gateways between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and drovers once brought their cattle through it. Come after a few days of rain, when the whole river seems to pour through the rocks, or in autumn, when you may see salmon leaping. A level riverside path from the Kilmahog car park reaches the falls in a few minutes.

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From our guide7 hours ago

Loch Eck.

Loch Eck is a long, narrow loch running north from near Dunoon between steep, wooded hills in the Argyll Forest Park, and it is rarely busy even in summer. The A815 follows its eastern shore, with lovely views across the water. Red squirrels forage along the banks, and deep in the loch swims the powan, a little fish left behind by the ice age and found naturally in only two Scottish lochs, this one and Loch Lomond. Stop at Jubilee Point, a picnic spot on its own small bay, or bring a kayak for the calm water.

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