Walk: Squirrels & salmon at the Linn of Tummel

📌 Killiecrankie, Perth & Kinross
★★★

This short walk along the banks of the rivers Garry and Tummel has all the scenic delights typical of Perthshire and the heart of Scotland: majestic forests populated by red squirrels, grand rivers and waterfalls, fleeting mountain vistas and stunning leaf colours in autumn. Detour from the main path for a view of the serene confluence between the two rivers, then follow the Tummel upstream to the constrastingly foamy falls; the cascades are popular with kayakers but less so with salmon, which use the Edwardian fish ladder alongside. River levels are controlled by a dam upstream. The return is less scenically interesting but the quieter surroundings offer better scope for red squirrel sightings.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish on B8019 immediately west of Garry Bridge, 1 mi south of Killiecrankie

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 913610

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.727900,-3.777735

🚌 Bus stops on B8019 at Faskally (0.5 mi)

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 70 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr

Features: 💧 River Garry; 🌊 Linn of Tummel ★★★

⬤ Easy | Paths and tracks throughout, partly waymarked. The return is briefly muddy and has some narrower sections. Informal, rougher paths enable access to the river banks.

➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Linn of Tummel by River Garry riverside path – Coronation Bridge – return to path junction a few hundred metres to east – start via inland path

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Red squirrel on the return leg, grey wagtails by the river.

Weather: Occasional sunshine following an earlier rain shower, temperatures in mid teens.

July 2020

Linn of Tummel ★★★