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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 1mls (1.5km) |
| Ascent: | 33ft (10m) |
| Time: | 0½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk h117:
Forsinard - The Dubh Lochan Trail - Dubh Lochan - Forsinard
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
Sometimes referred to as the 'Flow Country', Forsinard comprises 18,000 acres of deep 'blanket' bog in the heart of the peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland.
A brochure available from RSPB Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre has more details of the habitat, history and the flora & fauna that can be found on the Dubh Lochan Trail.
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 449 Strath Halladale & Strathy Point is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 10 Strathnaver, Bettyhill & Tongue is not currently available
Send us your photographs and pictures from your walks and hikes
We would love to see your photographs and pictures from walk h117 The Dubh Lochan Trail from Forsinard. Send them in to us as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name and where the picture was taken to:
and we shall do our best to publish them.
(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660 pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)
You can also submit photos from walk h117 The Dubh Lochan Trail from Forsinard via our Facebook Page.
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