📌 Campsie Fells, Stirling
★★★★
Looking northwards from Glasgow, Dumgoyne is one of the most prominent bumps on the skyline. If you have a penchant for painful ascents, the first mile to Dumgoyne summit is for you. For hill baggers (or if you’re just looking for a longer walk), continue to Earl’s Seat on the Campsie Fells plateau beyond, with fabulous views north towards the Arrochar Alps, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs from the edge of the escarpment. Of course we couldn’t resist a tour and a dram of whisky on return at Glengoyne Distillery…
📷 Chronological photo guide
The hill path starts from just south of Glengoyne Distillery 
Onto the open hillside 
The ascent – steep! 
Looking back over Strath Blane 
View north towards Loch Lomond 
View south along the edge of the Strathblane Hills 
Dumgoyne summit, looking north 
Looking south 
Kestrel 
View ahead to Earl’s Seat 
Dumgoyne from Canny Face 
Ascent to Garloch Hill 
Bell Craig 
Earl’s Seat (right) 
North side of the escarpment 
Looking back to Bell Craig 
Ballagan Tops 
Looking northeast, Fintry Hills in the distance 
Earl’s Seat summit 
Earl’s Seat 
It’s possible to make a more direct return across the moor, but we recommend returning the same way 
Glengoyne Distillery
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Glengoyne Distillery, A81 2 mi south of Killearn
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 527827
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.014849,-4.364475
🚌 Glengoyne Distillery
🚗 Layby immediately north of distillery (gets full) – distillery car park for customers only
📝 Key info
▶ 11 km / 7 mi | ▲ 710 m | ⌛ 3.5-4 hr
Features: 🥃 Glengoyne Distillery ★★★★; △ Dumgoyne (427 m); △ Earl’s Seat (578 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn)
⬤ Tough | Clear paths, eroded and increasingly vertiginous around Dumgoyne, soggy towards Earl’s Seat. Still the odd snow patch on north facing slopes.
Download file for GPS➡️ Out-and-back walk, bypassing Dumgoyne on return: start & Glengoyne Distillery – Dumgoyne – Garloch Hill – Earl’s Seat – return by outward route, avoiding reascent of Dumgoyne by traversing north face – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Kestrel hovering over Dumgoyne (on both occasions we’ve walked this route!).
Weather: Sunshine with some cloud building, fairly hazy. Temperature in low twenties.
July 2021
