📌 Lomond Hills, Perth & Kinross
★★★
Bishop Hill is the least lauded, third sibling of the Lomond Hills family, rising sharply above Loch Leven. The hill’s rather flat on top, but from the edge of the plateau there’s an outstanding panorama of the lake and the hills cradling it: Benarty Hill, the Cleish Hills and the Ochils. You could approach from the east, involving little ascent, little effort and little visual interest. Or sacrifice soles for scenery and struggle up the hill’s steep southern scarp slopes from Scotlandwell, giving far better views and lots more alliteration. You can guess which one we recommend here – but you might need to brush up on your navigation skills for the descent route. An excellent circuit, standing up well when compared to the ascents of its more illustrious neighbours: West and East Lomond.
📷 Chronological photo guide
Stairs into Kilmagad Wood at the start 
Bench with a view over Loch Leven 
View south from the ascent to Munduff Hill 
Loch Leven from the ascent 
Munduff Hill crags ahead 
View back over Loch Leven from the approach to Munduff Hill 
View northwest from Munduff Hill 
Munduff Hill to Bishop Hill (centre) 
Looking back to Munduff Hill’s several summits 
Approach to Bishop Hill summit 
Bishop Hill summit 
East Lomond from the summit 
West Lomond 
Onward path & Loch Leven 
Return along the top of the escarpment 
Looking towards Milnathort 
Kinnesswood & Loch Leven from White Craigs 
Start of the descent 
White Craigs from below 
Lower part of the steep descent 
The last mile is a traverse along the Michael Bruce Way
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Orwell & Portmoak Parish Church, A911 just north of Scotlandwell
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 183020
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.203359,-3.318636
🚌 Bus to Scotlandwell | 🚗 Car park – access only outwith service times
📝 Key info
▶ 7 km / 4 mi | ▲ 410 m | ⌛ 3 hr
Features: △ Munduff Hill (456 m); △ Bishop Hill (461 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn)
⬤ Moderate | Paths throughout with steep sections, narrow and faint for parts of descent. Mostly grassy underfoot.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Kilmagad Wood – Munduff Hill – Bishop Hill – White Craigs via escarpment – top of Kinnesswood – Kilmagad Wood via Michael Bruce Way – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep near Bishop Hill summit.
Weather: Becoming largely sunny after initial cloudy skies, temperature in low teens. Blowy, with heavy showers visible over Loch Leven.
October 2017
