Parking
Use Cormonachan Woodlands’ north car park, the start shown for the green loop. Lot capacity and fees are not specified.
Overview
About Squirrel Trail, Cormonachan
Why go
- Red Squirrel Hide and woodland sculptures on the loop
- Loch Goil view from the Contemplation Shelter
Heads up
- Two steep pitches on an otherwise short walk
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs map
Full mapElevation36–86 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 Squirrel Trail, Cormonachan, 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
Cormonachan Woodlands and the Squirrel Trail0:00 / 0:24
“You're approaching Cormonachan Woodlands' north car park, where the green Squirrel Trail makes a short circuit through the trees.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Hidden Life Under Loch Goil
- The Woodland Being Repaired
- Carrick Castle on Loch Goil
- Lochgoilhead and Glen Donich
- 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
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Trail guide
Hiking Squirrel Trail, Cormonachan
A short woodland circuitThe green Squirrel Trail is a 1 km loop from Cormonachan Woodlands’ north car park.
The green Squirrel Trail is a 1 km loop from Cormonachan Woodlands’ north car park. It takes about 30 minutes and links the Red Squirrel Hide with the Contemplation Shelter, with woodland sculptures along the way. This is the short green walk; the larger blue circuit and Cormonachan Falls route are separate hikes.
Hide, climb, outlookThe hide is the first stop, with a bench and two picnic tables nearby.
The hide is the first stop, with a bench and two picnic tables nearby. Move quietly and you may see a red squirrel. From the hide, the path climbs 17 m to a bench at the top, passes the Totem Pole and another picnic table, then reaches the Contemplation Shelter. Its windows frame Loch Goil and the wooded hills beyond. The walk is graded easy to moderate, but the two steep pitches make it feel hillier than its short distance suggests.
At the startBegin at the north car park; the entrance gates lead onto the green loop. Dogs are welcome.
Begin at the north car park; the entrance gates lead onto the green loop. Dogs are welcome. The final pitch drops 25 m from the shelter back to the car park. The car park’s capacity and fee aren’t specified, and the operator doesn’t list toilets or drinking water for this route.
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.
