Parking
Start at Trossachs Pier car park (FK17 8HZ), where the signed route begins. Parking is charged. The café, shop, toilets and bike hire are at the pier.
Overview
About Brenachoile Trail
Why go
- Mostly smooth tarmac beside Loch Katrine
- Interpretive panels connect the shoreline to The Lady of the Lake
- A low grassy point gives a clear view toward Ben Venue
Heads up
- The return retraces the same shore road
- The viewpoint finish is uneven grass with a brief steep slope
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs map
Full mapElevation115–158 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
4 active Loch Lomond & The Trossachs alerts
- CautionA82 restriction near Kings House HotelThe A82 is restricted in both directions near Kings House Hotel, Glencoe, because of planned roadworks. - Temporary traffic lights are in place; follow the traffic management.Official details
- ClosureDaytime A827 closure at KillinThe A827 at Killin is closed during the day for roadworks from 28 September through 9 October 2026. - Closure hours: 9:30am to 3:30pm; avoid the route during those hours.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Tour Guide
Your drive to Brenachoile Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Loch Lomond & The Trossachs 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.
Recorded for this trailhead
Trossachs Pier and Loch Katrine0:00 / 0:31
“You're approaching Trossachs Pier on Loch Katrine, where a quick look at the water can become a half-day out. The steamship Sir Walter Scott has carried passengers here since 1900.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Ben A’an above Loch Katrine
- A Shorter View Above Loch Achray
- The Forked Tail That Came Back
- Glen Finglas's Open Woods
- 196 audio storiesacross Loch Lomond & The Trossachs’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Golden Eagle, Red Deer, Mute Swan, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 93 trails, 73 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Brenachoile Trail
A shore walk to a pointThe Brenachoile Trail is a 4.5-mile (7.
The Brenachoile Trail is a 4.5-mile (7.1 km) out-and-back from Trossachs Pier to Brenachoile Point and back. Allow about two and a half hours. It is a low-level way to walk beside Loch Katrine without climbing a hill, with oak-lined shore, story panels and a grassy viewpoint toward Ben Venue. Most of the route is smooth tarmac, but the gentle-to-moderate rises make it more than a flat stroll.
Follow the lochFrom the pier car park, follow the broad, smooth tarmac shore road.
From the pier car park, follow the broad, smooth tarmac shore road. The water stays close through patches of oak, with clearer views across the loch where the trees open. The road is quiet but shared with cyclists and a low volume of traffic. At the point, turn around and retrace the route; this is not a circuit.
Book-style information panels along the way belong to the Art and Literature Trail. They explain how the Loch Katrine landscape inspired writers and artists, including The Lady of the Lake, and helped turn the Trossachs into a Victorian visitor destination.
The viewpoint and its last stretchBrenachoile Point is a small grassy headland with a view toward Ben Venue.
Brenachoile Point is a small grassy headland with a view toward Ben Venue. The final approach leaves the tarmac for a brief uneven grassy path and a short, fairly steep slope. Both the gate and the opening are 1.1 metres wide, and this surface change may make the viewpoint unsuitable for some mobility aids.
For a photo, keep one of the pale stone panels low in the frame and place Ben Venue beyond it across the water. It shows both the route’s interpretation features and the view that makes this the destination.
Starting at Trossachs PierUse the charged Loch Katrine car park at Trossachs Pier (FK17 8HZ), the signed route start.
Use the charged Loch Katrine car park at Trossachs Pier (FK17 8HZ), the signed route start. The café, shop, toilets and bike hire are at the pier, not along the walk. Dogs may accompany you under Scottish access rules; keep them under close control, and on a short lead or close at heel during the usual April–July ground-nesting-bird season.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs
14 sightingsGolden EagleMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
37 sightingsRed DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
100 sightingsMute SwanMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
48 sightingsOspreyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
24 sightingsEurasian BeaverMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
37 sightingsEurasian Pine MartenMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Loch Lomond & The Trossachs. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
