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Dungallan Parks

4 ha

📷 The Carlisle Kid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsWildlifeSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

56.41035, -5.48628

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Hooded Crow
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· FreeToilets

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Black Guillemot, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Black Guillemot, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Sorrel, Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium, Cuckooflower +30 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Tutsan Rust, Ramalina farinacea, Usnea cornuta s. lat. +6 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Tree Bumblebee, Limnephilus lunatus +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km

Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km

Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 78Cycling route

NCN National Route 78 (south)

Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Oban to DunbegCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Caledonia WayCycling route
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route401 m
Named routeRef 78Length 401 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route591 m
Named routeRef 78Length 591 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route69 m
Named routeRef 78Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Dungallan Parks - former public convenience and shelter - May 2016 (2)

📷 The Carlisle Kid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dungallan Parks - former public convenience and shelter - May 2016 (2)

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Useful places within 5 km

🌱Pulpit HilltopUrban park300 m→✦Dunollie CastleHistoric site1.8 km→✦Dunollie CastleHistoric site1.8 km→✦1745 HouseHistoric site1.9 km→🌱Dungallan ParksUrban park100 m→⛪Oban Free High ChurchReligious grounds1 km→