📌 Dunkeld, Perth & Kinross
★★★
You know those days where you feel like going for a decent long walk but, for whatever reason, the highest hills are out of bounds? Deuchary Hill might provide a good alternative with a mix of forest and moorland surrounding it, not far from Dunkeld and the A9. This circular walk heads out to Loch Ordie and several other smaller lochs, with a steep out-and-back detour to the summit itself, from which the view can be fantastic. There are obvious opportunities to shorten the route if time is limited.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Cally car park, off A923 0.5 mi north of Dunkeld village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 023437
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.575214,-3.591460
🚌 Bus to Dunkeld (0.5 mi partly via off-road footpaths)
🚗 Car park – access by rutted track
📝 Key info
▶ 24 km / 15 mi | ▲ 560 m | ⌛ 6-7 hr
Features: △ Deuchary Hill (511 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn); 💧 various lochs including Loch Ordie
⬤ Tough | Mostly decent forest tracks; steep, narrow path for ascent / descent of Deuchary Hill’s south side; short road section before Polney Loch.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit with extension to summit: start – Mill Dam – Leddown Burn – Deuchary Hill – Leddown Burn – Loch Ordie – Dowally Loch – Rotmell Loch – Lunan Burn – River Tay viewpoint above Ledpetty Lodge – Polney Loch – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Swans keeping a small section of water ice-free at Mill Dam; deer in the forest near King’s Pass.
Weather: Blue skies and sunshine, but near freezing with a brisk wind at the summit. Deceptively deep snow with intermittent crust made for tough going.
January 2015
