Tarland, Aberdeenshire
★★
Queen Victoria was suitably impressed with the view even from the start of this walk (giving rise to the name Queen’s View) and you should be too, as the panorama from the summit of nearby Craiglich is even better. There’s nothing special about the short ascent on forestry tracks, but once you escape the trees you’re rewarded with views of many of Aberdeenshire’s familiar hills, including Lochnagar (shrouded in fog on our visit), Morven, Pressendye and Bennachie.
Chronological photo guide
Location
O.S. Grid Reference: NJ 527064
GPS coordinates: 57.145622,-2.783659
Extremely infrequent bus stops at Tillylodge, nearby to east
Layby
Key info
5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 170 m |
1.5 hr
Features: △ Craiglich (476 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn)
⬤ Moderate | Reasonable tracks – the first few hundred metres churned up by logging activity on our trip.
Out-and-back walk to Craiglich summit
On our last visit
Wildlife: Birds in the forest, otherwise not much.
Weather: Mostly cloudy but dry, temperatures in single figures.
April 2014
