Highlands & NC500 · base 4: Durness & Balnakeil
4A Durness: the Aodann walk
Through the village from the Tourist Information Centre car park to the path, out to Balnakeil, and back by the minor road.
3.2 kmon our map
35 m+of climbing, at least
About 1.5 hoursEasy to moderate
Load it into a walking app or GPS. It is the same line as the map in the book.
The ground
Village roads, then field tracks and the cliff top. Largely traditional routes, many not surfaced, with only rudimentary waymarking, the Council's booklet says.
Official figure: 2.5 miles (4 km), circular (The Highland Council, Durness Path Network, Route 4). Source: highland.gov.uk. Things change: check the updates page and the signs on the day.
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