Lower loop

Lower 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 Lower 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 Lower loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 56.15734, -3.90548. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lower loop

• Logie Kirk · church · Stirling · ~1 km · Must-see
• National Wallace Monument · fort · Stirling · ~3 km · Must-see
• Cambuskenneth Abbey · fort · Stirling · ~5 km · Must-see
• Mote Hill · viewpoint · Stirling · ~5 km · Must-see
• Myreton Hill · viewpoint · Clackmannanshire · ~5 km · Must-see
• St Mary's · church · Stirling · ~5 km · Must-see
• Stirling Castle · fort · Stirling · ~6 km · Must-see
• Church of the Holy Rude · church · Stirling · ~6 km · Must-see
• St Mary's · church · Stirling · ~6 km · Must-see
• Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman · fort · Stirling · ~6 km · Must-see
• Tullibody Old Kirk · church · Clackmannanshire · ~6 km · Must-see
• Dunblane Cathedral · church · Stirling · ~6 km · Must-see
• Craig Leith · viewpoint · Clackmannanshire · ~7 km · Must-see
• Blairdenon · viewpoint · Stirling · ~8 km · Must-see
• Hill of Row · viewpoint · Stirling · ~9 km · Must-see
• Gillies Hill · viewpoint · Stirling · ~10 km · Must-see
• St. Mungo's Parish Church · church · Clackmannanshire · ~10 km · Must-see
• Kilbryde Castle · fort · Stirling · ~11 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lower loop

Other treks near Lower loop

• Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath · trek · Falkirk · ~30 km · Must-see
• Rob Roy Way · trek · Perth and Kinross · ~35 km · Must-see
• Great Trossachs Path · trek · Stirling · ~44 km · Must-see
• Clyde Walkway · trek · South Lanarkshire · ~57 km · Must-see
• Fife Coastal Path · trek · Fife · ~59 km · Must-see
• The Birnam Oak · trek · Perth and Kinross · ~62 km · Must-see
• Three Lochs Way · trek · Argyll and Bute · ~62 km · Must-see
• The Royal Mile · trek · City of Edinburgh · ~63 km · Must-see
• Cateran Trail · trek · Perth and Kinross · ~86 km · Must-see
• Loch Lomond and Cowal Way · trek · Argyll and Bute · ~87 km · Must-see

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