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Loch Benachally

187 ha

📷 Lis Burke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome187 ha

Getting here

56.63527, -3.51639

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
  • 🌿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

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Stonechat +17 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Stonechat +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Yellow-sedge, Bottle Sedge, Slender Scottish Eyebright +110 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Common Yellow-sedge, Bottle Sedge, Slender Scottish Eyebright +110 more · last seen 2016

Free

Foraging

Plants — Oak Fern, Water Mint, Dandelion +8 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cateran TrailWalking route104 km

Blairgowrie

Named routeLength 104 kmRound tripNational walking route
Atholl Woods PathWalking route11 km

Includes a short section on road. An open-sided boat shed at Mill Dam provides shelter if required.

Named routeLength 11 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Catchpenny to Butterstone PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Deuchary Hill from DunkeldWalking route

The final ascent is steep demanding mountain hiking but most of this route is tracks with no extreme inclines.

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Butterstone Dunkeld CircularWalking route

Good tracks and quiet roads

Named route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Dunkeld Loch Ordie Butterstone LoopCycling route24 km

Half day cycle on mostly good tracks.

Named routeLength 24 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Eastern shore, Loch Benachally

📷 Lis Burke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Eastern shore, Loch Benachally

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Blackcraig Walled GardenUrban park4.8 km→💧Loch BenachallyReservoir0 m→✦Saw millHistoric site4.4 km→✦Benachally MonumentHistoric site1.4 km→✦BogmillHistoric site3.7 km→✦Blackcraig Lime KilnHistoric site4.8 km→

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