Puck’s Glen Show path on map
Start location: old road through Strath Eachaig ( NS 147 843 )
End location: top of Puck's Glen ( NS 156 844 )
Geographical area: Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
Path type: Leisure Path
Path distance: 1.5km
Accessibility info: Suitable for pedestrians
Route Description
Puck’s Glen remains closed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) following storm damage. This link includes a downloadable route card detailing other nearby routes avoiding the closed path.
OS Landranger 56 (Loch Lomond & Inveraray area)
Last reviewed July 2026
Heritage Information
This path was created by James Duncan, former owner of the Benmore Estate. It at one time lead to a folly on the hill which is now in the Benmore Botanic Garden. Owing to its former site, this folly is known as Puck's Hut; both it and the glen in which it once stood are dedicated to Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, Regius Keeper (1888-1922) of the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh (RBGE). It was his vision that led to the RBGE's acquisition of the Benmore Estate. Interestingly, his father was John Hutton Balfour of Glen Tilt fame.
The path follows a natural gorge, with dramatic overhanging cliffs and a series of roaring waterfalls. It passes through mixed woodland planted by the estate in 1870 and still has the wonderful, wild, romantic atmosphere so much enjoyed by the Victorians. Although the paths were neglected for many years and became unsafe, in the mid 1980s they were repaired by the Forestry Commission with help from the Manpower Services Commission who put in steps, new bridges and drainage ditches - with thanks to Mary Welsh and Christine Isherwood "Walks in Argyll & Bute" (2003).
