Where: Stinchar Falls, Ayrshire
Height: ?
Distance: about 3 miles out to the falls, and 3miles back?
The car park for the walk to the Stinchar Falls is situated 21 miles southeast of Ayr, next to the B741 road that runs between the Villages of Straiton and Newton Stewart, at the Stinchar Bridge.
The Stinchar Bridge, and large Car Park, just in to the left, are situated 7 miles south of the scenic village of Straiton, next to the B741 hill road.
from the entrance to the large car park looking. at the Stinchar Bridge. The Stinchar Falls trail is where the white lines are on the image, leading out and round to the right.
I thought the falls were only about 1 mile out, but soon found they are about 3 miles out.
from where the path turns into a red forest road..
where the red forest road meets a main forest road. The green sign is pointing towards the falls.
from about 1 mile along the main forest road. This sign is pointing to a winding trail down through woodland towards the falls..
from the bottom of the winding woodland path, where another sign points to the falls along an old forest road. It is about 1 mile from here to the falls, going downhill in between hills..
from the end of the old forest road. The sign here is stating the trail continues from here to the falls as a narrow footpath, about 200 yards from here.
from the narrow trail as it reaches the Stinchar Falls viewing platform.
from the viewing platform looking up river. The River stinchar is really only a burn from the Stinchar Bridge to just above this point. It is hear it starts to look more like a river.
looking down from the viewing platform to the Stinchar Falls.
This was a nice walk that was fairly level most of the way, just two short sections with a bit of an incline. The walking surface is mainly loose stone, so stout footwear is advised.
Heading back to the car park, just follow the signs back