📌 Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
★★★
For many tourists, Aboyne is merely a temporary lower speed limit on the way to upper Deeside and the Cairngorms National Park. But there’s good walking in these parts too. Mortlich’s forested slopes rise up to the north of the village’s golf club, with excellent views from the summit. Varying the return is possible via tracks heading east, before returning via the Deeside Way and the north side of the loch. The route as a whole is no stroll in the park: inadequate waymarkers do little more than provide a false sense of security and vegetation growth can hinder progress especially in late summer.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Golf Road, 0.5 mi east of Aboyne village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 532990
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.079810,-2.773138
🚌 Bus to Aboyne – nearest stop is on A93 at Bellwood Road junction
🚗 Street parking
📝 Key info
▶ 9 km / 6 mi | ▲ 280 m | ⌛ 3 hr
Features: 💧 Loch of Aboyne; △ Mortlich (381 m)
⬤ Moderate | Paths & tracks which can be overgrown in places.
Download file for GPS➡️ Out-and-back walk with variant for part of return: start – Loch of Aboyne – leave bank at 🧭 NJ 535000 – Mortlich – return to track junction west of Bonnyside – join Deeside Way south of Boddomend – follow north bank of Loch of Aboyne – rejoin outward route to start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Ducks on the loch and forest birds.
Weather: Dry with sunny intervals especially early on.
March 2012
