8 mile loop

8 mile loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit 8 mile loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach 8 mile loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 56.17660, -4.45698. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near 8 mile loop

• Loch Ard · lake · Stirling · ~1 km · Must-see
• Beinn an Fhògharaidh · viewpoint · Stirling · ~4 km · Must-see
• Craigmore · viewpoint · Stirling · ~5 km · Must-see
• Ben Venue · viewpoint · Stirling · ~7 km · Must-see
• Loch Achray · lake · Stirling · ~8 km · Must-see
• Loch Chon · lake · Stirling · ~9 km · Must-see
• Loch Drunkie · lake · Stirling · ~9 km · Must-see
• Ben A'an · viewpoint · Stirling · ~10 km · Must-see
• Glen Finglas · viewpoint · Stirling · ~10 km · Must-see
• Great Trossachs Path · trek · Stirling · ~11 km · Must-see
• Talla Castle (ruins) · fort · Stirling · ~12 km · Must-see
• Loch Katrine · lake · Stirling · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake of Menteith · lake · Stirling · ~13 km · Must-see
• Loch Lomond · lake · Stirling · ~13 km · Must-see
• Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park · sanctuary · Stirling · ~13 km · Must-see
• Loch Venachar · lake · Stirling · ~13 km · Must-see
• Ben Lomond · viewpoint · Stirling · ~14 km · Must-see
• Ben Ledi · viewpoint · Stirling · ~15 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of 8 mile loop

Other treks near 8 mile loop

• Great Trossachs Path · trek · Stirling · ~11 km · Must-see
• Three Lochs Way · trek · Argyll and Bute · ~20 km · Must-see
• Rob Roy Way · trek · Perth and Kinross · ~40 km · Must-see
• Loch Lomond and Cowal Way · trek · Argyll and Bute · ~46 km · Must-see
• Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath · trek · Falkirk · ~57 km · Must-see
• Clyde Walkway · trek · South Lanarkshire · ~67 km · Must-see
• West Island Way · trek · Argyll and Bute · ~69 km · Must-see
• The Birnam Oak · trek · Perth and Kinross · ~86 km · Must-see
• River Ayr Way · trek · East Ayrshire · ~95 km · Must-see
• Fife Coastal Path · trek · Fife · ~101 km · Must-see

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