Gargunnock Hills

#6516 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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The Gargunnock Hills are a range of hills west of the city of Stirling, Scotland. They culminate in the peak of Carleatheran, whose 485-metre summit is crowned by a trigonometrical pillar. The Gargunnock Hills are separated from the Fintry Hills to their west by the valley of the Backside Burn. To their east are the Touch Hills, whilst to the south is Carron Valley Reservoir. The hills are defined to the north by a 300-metre craggy escarpment overlooking the glen of the River Forth. At the foot of this scarp are the villages of Gargunnock and Kippen. ()

Coordinates: 56°5'46"N, 4°6'40"W

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Gargunnock Hills – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blair Drummond Safari Park, Loup of Fintry, Culcreuch Castle, Gillies Hill.

5.6 miNE
Drive-through wildlife park with lake
Blair Drummond Safari Park, Stirling
144 min walk • Blair Drummond Safari Park is a family visitor attraction located near Stirling in Scotland. It opened to the public on 15 May 1970 and is home to over 350 animals, many of which roam freely or are kept in large enclosures in the 120-acre estate.
3.6 miSW
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Loup of Fintry, Kippen
91 min walk • Loup of Fintry is a notable waterfall on the River Endrick around 2 miles to the east of Fintry in Scotland and 17 miles from Stirling, 10 miles from Denny. The total height of the waterfalls is 28.6 m Lowp or "Loup" means leap in Scots.
4.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Culcreuch Castle
121 min walk • Culcreuch Castle is a Scottish castle close to the village of Fintry, near Loch Lomond. It had been the home of the Barons of Culcreuch since 1699. In the 1980s the castle was converted into a hotel, which it was run as until early 2020 when it was closed to the public.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gillies Hill
133 min walk • Gillies Hill is located west of Stirling and the M9, south of Cambusbarron, and north of the Bannock Burn in Central Scotland.
5.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Stirling torcs
146 min walk • The Stirling torcs make up a hoard of four gold Iron Age torcs, a type of necklace, all of which date to between 300 and 100 BC and which were buried deliberately at some point in antiquity.
6.9 miNE
Park
Keir House
176 min walk • Keir House is a large country house near Stirling in central Scotland. It is located in the parish of Lecropt, 2.5 kilometres north-west of Bridge of Allan, in the former county of Perthshire.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Downie's Loup, Gargunnock
43 min walk • Downie's Loup is a waterfall of Scotland.
5.6 miNW
National park
Flanders Moss
144 min walk • Flanders Moss is an area of raised bog lying in the Carse of Forth in west Stirlingshire, Scotland. The villages of Thornhill and Port of Menteith lie to the north with the villages of Kippen and Buchlyvie lying to the south.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Fintry Hills
71 min walk • The Fintry Hills form the western end of a range of hills which stretch west from the city of Stirling, Scotland. They culminate in the 511-metre peak of Stronend, which overlooks Strathendrick and the village of Fintry.
1.7 miN
Memorial
Leckie Broch
43 min walk • Leckie Broch is an iron-age broch located in Stirlingshire, Scotland.