Castle · 1 km off the route
Machermore Castle
Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Galloway and the Queen's Way
A short loop through the Galloway Forest Park on the A712, then south to the Solway coast at Gatehouse of Fleet and back along the shore.
- Distance
- 58 miles (94 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Dumfries and Galloway
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 51 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 4
- Curvature
- 125 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 16
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 0 to mile 51. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 2 to mile 22, at 148 degrees of turning a mile.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Watch for deer and logging lorries in the forest park.
- The A75 back to Newton Stewart is a main road with heavy freight to the Stranraer ferries.
On the way
- Newton Stewart
- Clatteringshaws Loch
- New Galloway
- Gatehouse of Fleet
- Creetown
- Newton Stewart
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in Newton StewartWhere the loop starts and ends
2Cover
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What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Waterfall · 0.3 km off the route
Clugie Linn
Waterfall in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia
Waterfall · On the route
Buck Loup
Waterfall in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0.jpg){kind=link}
Dam · On the route
Clatteringshaws Dam
1930s dam on the Galloway River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, forms Clatteringshaws Loch.
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Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Kenmure Castle
Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Francis Grose (died 1790), Public domain
Castle · On the route
Muirfad Castle
Castle in Minnigaff, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.