Castle · 0.7 km off the route
Balloch Castle,earthwork,Loch Lomond Park
Scheduled monument in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK.
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0Loch Lomond to Glencoe
The A82 north from the foot of Loch Lomond, across Rannoch Moor and down through Glen Coe to Fort William.
- Distance
- 84 miles (136 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- West Highlands
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.
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 30 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 7
- Curvature
- 94 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 53
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 38 to mile 68. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 14 to mile 34, at 127 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Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date.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
- The Loch Lomond section is narrow, busy and has a lot of coaches in summer.
- Rannoch Moor is exposed. Weather on the moor can be very different to the lochside.
On the way
- Balloch
- Tarbet
- Crianlarich
- Tyndrum
- Bridge of Orchy
- Glencoe village
- Fort William
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in BallochWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in Fort WilliamWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
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.
Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Auchendennan House
Castle in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK.
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 1 km off the route
Inchgalbraith Castle
Architectural structure in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · 1 km off the route
Inversnaid Falls
Waterfall in Stirling, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Photochrom Print Collection, Public domain
Waterfall · On the route
Falls of Falloch
Waterfall in Stirling, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
Castle · 0.8 km off the route
Achallader Castle
Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Graham Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · On the route
Glencoe Waterfall
Waterfall in Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Waterfall · 0.3 km off the route
Meeting of Three Waters
Waterfall in Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0.jpg){kind=link}
Lighthouse · 0.6 km off the route
Corran Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.