Walks you can reach from Golspie by train
Sutherland · Scotland
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Brora to Dunrobin Castle (Sutherland)
15 minutes direct from Golspie.
Coastal path most of the way before turning inland to the station; part of the John O'Groats Trail.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Helmsdale to Brora (Sutherland)
30 minutes direct from Golspie.
Part of the John O'Groats Trail.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Long sections of A road with no coastal path.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Kinbrace to Helmsdale (Sutherland)
45 minutes direct from Golspie.
Time: 9h30 (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for nine tenths of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Kinbrace to Altnabreac (Sutherland)
45 minutes direct from Golspie.
Invergordon to Tain (Ross-shire)
1 hour direct from Golspie.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for two fifths of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Alness to Tain (Ross-shire)
1 hour direct from Golspie.
Climbs out of Alness past a golf course onto the Scotsburn Road, then is intended to follow forest tracks; in practice much of the marked forest route is impassably overgrown or blocked and leaving a long stretch of tarmac road with fairly frequent traffic. Closely follows the John o'Groats Trail; see jogt.org.uk for additional route descriptions.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: The marked forest paths are blocked or impassably overgrown in places, and a gate at Scotsburn Farm was locked; walkers may end up on the road for most of the route, which is all tarmac with fairly frequent vehicles.
Walk details: Slow Ways.