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Drummond Hill

Length: 2-10 miles Height climbed: 950ft/300m Grade: B/C Parking: At start of walk Toilet facilities: Kenmore and picnic site There are three points of access to the pathways, which the Forestry Commission has divided into three separate signposted routes. The shortest starts from either the picnic site on Loch Tay or from the entrance at Kenmore, leading to the viewpoint (dramatically situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking Loch Tay and the village of Kenmore at its eastern end). The second route starts from the same place, but leads eastward to a point overlooking Taymouth Castle. The castle was built for the Earl of Breadalbane in 1801. Sadly it is now empty but this blue-grey Gothic extravagance remains one of the architectural high-spots in Perthshire. The third and longest of the three walks leads past the viewpoint, over the ridge of the hill and down into Glen Lyon. The village of Fortingall, on the far side of the glen, is architecturally interesting. From the Glen Lyon end of the walk, you can either return by the same path or take a longer route home: turn right at the end of the path and it is about 5 miles - along minor roads, around the east end of Drummond Hill and back to the car park.

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