Walks & routes
Five long-distance routes from our gate.
We are best known as the end of Stage 1 of the West Highland Way, but four more routes start from or pass close by: two on foot and two by bike. And most walkers going from Land’s End to John o’ Groats come through on the Way, while the Badger Divide gravel route to Inverness passes about a kilometre away.
- West Highland Way
- Rob Roy Way
- John Muir Way
- Cycle Route 7
- Great North Trail
- Land’s End to John o’ Groats
- Badger Divide
Pick your route
Each one has its own page: where it meets us, what the first stretch is like, and what you get for the night.
- Walk
West Highland Way
96 miles (154km)
Right on the trail, where Stage 1 ends and Stage 2 begins. Guides to both: Milngavie to Drymen, and Drymen to Rowardennan.
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Rob Roy Way
79 miles (127km)
Starts at Drymen Square, about a mile on from our gate. Seven stages to Pitlochry.
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John Muir Way
134 miles (215km)
Coast to coast, Helensburgh to Dunbar. The cycle route shares the Way past Gartness, a few hundred metres from us.
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National Cycle Route 7
547 miles (881km)
Passes our gate on Gartness Road, between Balloch and Aberfoyle. Sunderland to Inverness.
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Great North Trail
About 800 miles
Cycling UK’s off-road route to Cape Wrath and John o’ Groats comes past our gate on its way through Drymen.
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Land’s End to John o’ Groats
About 1,200 miles on foot
The End to End. Most walking routes cross Scotland on the West Highland Way, which passes our gate.
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Badger Divide
About 210 miles (338km)
Gravel route from Glasgow to Inverness. On its first day out of Glasgow it passes about a kilometre from our gate.
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One more for the long-distance enthusiast: the Scottish branch of the E2 European long-distance path follows the West Highland Way through Drymen on its way south from Fort William, so if you are walking the Way you are already on it.
Questions about the routes
What walking and cycling routes pass Drymen Camping?
Five, plus the End to End and the Badger Divide. The site is directly on the West Highland Way, where Stage 1 ends and Stage 2 begins. National Cycle Route 7 and Cycling UK’s Great North Trail both pass the gate on Gartness Road. The Rob Roy Way starts in Drymen Square, about a mile on, and the John Muir Way cycle route passes within about 600 metres. Most walkers going from Land’s End to John o’ Groats also cross Scotland on the West Highland Way, so they come past us too, and the Badger Divide gravel route from Glasgow to Inverness passes about a kilometre away, near Gartness.
Walking the Way this year?
The 2027 season runs from Sunday 14 March, with the last night on Friday 8 October and last check-out on Saturday 9 October.