The Lowlands & Central Belt
The John Muir Way
By
Taylor St. John
- Distance: 134 miles
- Duration: 10 days
- Start point: Helensburgh
- End point: Dunbar
- Difficulty: Moderate
For a less-trodden slice of Scotland, I can highly recommend the 134-mile John Muir Way which traces the emigration route of the famous Scottish-American naturalist. The moderate coast-to-coast walk is normally done from Helensburgh in the west to Dunbar in the east. The well-waymarked route takes roughly ten days to complete and cuts through the rolling landscape of the Central Belt, following part of the Forth and Clyde Canal, touching the banks of Loch Lomond, and hugging the coast along the Firth of Forth.