Walks
Coast, woodland, forest and archaeology. The dots on the map mark where each walk starts.
Map and directory data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Beside the River Beauly
An out-and-back walk on the river embankment below Beauly to the head of the Beauly Firth.
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Cromarty, the South Sutor and McFarquhar’s Bed
Cromarty’s best country circuit: the hundred steps, the South Sutor and a steep drop to the shore.
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Drummondreach Oak Wood
A short walk in one of the last pockets of the Black Isle’s old oak woodland, with the Preaching Dell.
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Eathie to Rosemarkie along the coast
A linear walk along a wild, tidal shore made famous by Hugh Miller’s geology.
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Flowerburn Wood and Callachy Hill
A woodland circuit above Rosemarkie onto the hill of the Learnie Red Rock bike trails.
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Loch Lundie circular
A short circuit of the largest loch on the Black Isle, with a vitrified fort and wide views.
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Millbuie Forest circuit
A long loop on forest roads and paths across the high ground of the Black Isle, past two long cairns.
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Monadh Mòr bog forest
Quiet, unmapped paths through a protected bog forest, away from the waymarked trails.
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The Jubilee Path to the Fyrish Monument
Just beyond the Black Isle: a gentle climb to a 1782 folly with views over the Cromarty Firth.
Signposted Core Paths cross the whole peninsula; Highland Council publishes the maps. The John o’ Groats Trail crosses the Black Isle on its first two stages, Inverness to Culbokie and Culbokie to Alness.