📌 Barcaldine, Argyll & Bute
★★★
On the slopes above Barcaldine, countless Douglas Firs tower above the boulder-filled gorge of Glen Dubh. Fed by a reservoir further up the Abhainn Teithil, the rapids and small waterfalls are a great destination for a rainy day – even more so if the burn is in spate. Waymarked trails explore the lower part of the forest, but this circuit climbs a little further to a viewpoint on the reservoir’s south bank, before returning on quiet tracks.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Sutherland’s Grove, off the A828 on north side of Barcaldine
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NM 966422
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.527392,-5.308845
🚌 Bus stops on A828 at B845 junction (0.5 mi)
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 140 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr
Features: 🌊 Glen Dubh & waterfalls; 💧 Gleann Dubh Reservoir
⬤ Moderate | Clear paths & tracks throughout, steep to start with.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit with extension to Gleann Dubh Reservoir: start – path up north bank of Glen Dubh – Gleann Dubh Reservoir – return by track to north of Glen Dubh
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Two buzzards, lots of slugs, tiny fish in the reservoir. Some midges at the car park.
Weather: Dreich, smirr, temperature in low teens.
June 2021
