Parking
Free parking at Firkin Point off the A82, beside the picnic area, benches and accessible toilets.
Overview
About Firkin Point Lochside Walk
Why go
- Level surfaced path follows Loch Lomond
- Free car park, toilets and picnic benches at Firkin Point
Heads up
- About 5.4 miles return to Tarbet and back
- The shared route ends on pavement beside the A82
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs map
Full mapElevation8–25 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
4 active Loch Lomond & The Trossachs alerts
- CautionLoch Lomond navigation-aid defectsMentions Loch Lomond, referenced in this guideSeveral navigation aids and hazard marks on Loch Lomond are off station or have lighting discrepancies; boaters should account for them when navigating.Official details
- 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
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Tour Guide
Your drive to Firkin Point Lochside Walk, 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
Firkin Point on Loch Lomond0:00 / 0:21
“Up ahead is Firkin Point, an easy pull-off for Loch Lomond's shore and a view toward Ben Lomond.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Scotland’s Rainforest Clues
- The Osprey’s Return
- The River Map Before the Loch
- Ben Lomond from Rowardennan
- 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 Firkin Point Lochside Walk
Walk north to TarbetFirkin Point Lochside Walk is a roughly 5.
Firkin Point Lochside Walk is a roughly 5.4-mile out-and-back from Firkin Point to Tarbet and back, following the level, surfaced West Loch Lomond Cycle Path. The northbound leg is about three miles; the mapped line to Tarbet measures 2.72 miles one way. It is a good choice for an easy, longer walk by Loch Lomond, with Ben Lomond visible from the viewpoint at Firkin Point.
An easy surface, with a road-side finishHead north from the car park toward Tarbet, then return the same way.
Head north from the car park toward Tarbet, then return the same way. This is a shared cycle path, so expect bikes as well as walkers. The approach into Tarbet finishes on a short stretch of pavement beside the A82; take care around traffic there. Allow about two and a half hours, including a stop by the loch.
Start at the lochThere is free parking at Firkin Point, next to a picnic area, benches and accessible toilets.
There is free parking at Firkin Point, next to a picnic area, benches and accessible toilets. Take a few minutes at the start: the surfaced path makes a useful foreground for the view across Loch Lomond toward Ben Lomond. Dogs are allowed under Scotland's normal access rules when kept under proper control.
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.
