Glen Coe and Rannoch Moor

This is the main road north from Glasgow to Fort William, about 215 km along the A82. It runs beside Loch Lomond, across the empty Rannoch Moor and down through Glencoe, the best-known glen in Scotland. It makes a good first day of a longer trip to Skye or the north, but avoid summer weekend afternoons when it gets busy.

The stops

1. Start

   Glasgow

2. Town

   Luss

   Pretty lochside village on Loch Lomond

3. Town

   Tyndrum

   Last real stop for food and fuel before the moor

4. Viewpoint

   Rannoch Moor viewpoint

   Wide open moor with lochans

5. Viewpoint

   Glencoe viewpoint

   Three Sisters from the lay-by

6. Worth a look

   Glencoe village

   Village at the foot of the glen, near the National Trust for Scotland visitor centre

7. Town

   Fort William

   Base for Ben Nevis

8. Finish

   Fort William

Where to stay

• Night 1

  Glencoe village

  Glencoe village campsites · local inns

When to go

May–Oct; snow in winter can close the moor section

On the road

Busy in summer; some narrow sections by Loch Lomond; check Traffic Scotland in winter