Parking
The gate is reachable by car, but no formal parking area, capacity or fee could be confirmed.
Overview
About Jack Richmond Memorial Park Walk
Why go
- Mostly smooth, firm grassy and gravel paths inside the park.
- Wheelchair and buggy accessible route.
- Creag Dhu views and a picnic bench.
Heads up
- The village approach follows pavements and road.
- The exact start is unmarked, and the saved trace is shorter than the published distance.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation234–248 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
3 active Cairngorms alerts
- CautionStorm Boelo high windsStorm Boelo will bring extremely windy weather to the Cairngorms; take extra care and limit time outdoors. - The Park Authority expects the very windy weather to last until Monday 26 October.Official details
- ClosureGlenmore wildfire closures and dangerous treesWildfire damage has closed Allt Mor car park and the path to Sugarbowl/Utsi’s Bridge; keep out of the closed area.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cairngorms Tour Guide
Your drive to Jack Richmond Memorial Park Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Cairngorms National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Cairngorms audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Newtonmore’s Wildcat Hunt0:00 / 0:31
“Newtonmore's Wildcat Centre is ahead, the starting point for a village treasure hunt.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Cairngorms Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Clan Macpherson Museum
- The Raven’s Rolling Flight
- The Poet Behind Ossian
- Highland Folk Museum
- 298 audio storiesacross Cairngorms’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Red Deer, Reindeer, Osprey, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 260 trails, 90 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Jack Richmond Memorial Park Walk
The walkFrom an approximate village access in Newtonmore, this walk follows pavements and road toward…
From an approximate village access in Newtonmore, this walk follows pavements and road toward Jack Richmond Memorial Park, circles its short inner paths, then returns to the start by the same access. The published full return is 1.5 miles (2.6 km) and takes about an hour. The leaflet map is schematic and does not mark an exact start; the saved OSM trace is approximate and measures 1.16 miles, so check the access and alignment locally.
Underfoot and accessThe park paths are grassy and gravel, mostly smooth and firm.
The park paths are grassy and gravel, mostly smooth and firm. The route is described as wheelchair and buggy accessible. The park itself has about 450 yards of wide, level paths; that figure describes the inner paths, not the full walk from the village, which also uses pavements and road.
Views and pauseThe woodland circuit has views of Creag Dhu, also called the Black Rock, and a picnic bench…
The woodland circuit has views of Creag Dhu, also called the Black Rock, and a picnic bench where you can stop.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Cairngorms
159 sightingsRed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
63 sightingsReindeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
102 sightingsOspreyMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
37 sightingsBlack GrouseMost seen around 4 AMSighting map
72 sightingsRed GrouseMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
82 sightingsPine MartenMost seen around 9 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Cairngorms. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
