Parking
Ardentinny Forest car park at Finart Bay, north of the village just beyond Glenfinart Caravan Park. Public toilets are at the nearby picnic site. Parking is charged.
Overview
About Laird’s Trail
Why go
- Shoreline, woodland and Loch Long views in a short circuit
- Laird’s Grave and the nursery story add local history
Heads up
- Fairly steep slopes interrupt an otherwise short walk
- Two narrow openings and a short road section
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs map
Full mapElevation2–85 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 Laird’s 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
Ardentinny Beach and Glenfinart0:00 / 0:29
“You're coming up on Ardentinny Beach, a broad stretch of sand and shingle on Loch Long backed by forest. It's worth the five-mile single-track approach if you want time by the shore, rather than a quick roadside pause.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Ardentinny's Traveling Trees
- The Trade Behind the Laird's Grave
- The Shore School for D-Day
- The Other Job of Loch Eck
- 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
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Laird’s Trail
A short circuit with a storyThis 2-mile (3.3 km) loop starts at the Finart Bay forest car park.
This 2-mile (3.3 km) loop starts at the Finart Bay forest car park. A short access path is shared on the way in and out; the route circles the bay and climbs through woodland to Laird’s Grave before returning to the shore. Allow about an hour; it is a moderate walk. The grave dates to 1860 and belongs to Archibald Douglas, Laird of Ardentinny. From it, the trail looks across Loch Long. Sunny fields below once held a Forestry Commission nursery that raised thousands of seedlings for forests across Scotland.
UnderfootMost of the way is wide, firm tarmac or gravel, though loose stones, one slightly uneven…
Most of the way is wide, firm tarmac or gravel, though loose stones, one slightly uneven stretch and fairly steep slopes break it up. Two openings are 0.9 m wide, and part of the route follows the road. Yellow markers identify Laird’s Trail; other Ardentinny walks link into a larger forest network.
Getting thereThe car park is north of Ardentinny, just beyond Glenfinart Caravan Park.
The car park is north of Ardentinny, just beyond Glenfinart Caravan Park. Public toilets are at the nearby picnic site, and parking is charged. Dogs are welcome; keep them under control or on a lead when wildlife or livestock are present.
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.
