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Aberdeenshire
40 running routes in Aberdeenshire
The running in Aberdeenshire is a mix of pavement and trail, covering anything from 5km to 42.5km. There's enough climbing in most of these to be felt. Most are loops, so you finish back where you started.
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Runs in Aberdeenshire
Kemnay - Cot-Town Wood
Kemnay, Scotland
Starting from Kemnay on the bridge of Riverside Road.
Kinnoir Wood
Huntly, Scotland
A loop of Wood of Kinnoir and Hill of Mungo, initially following the railway line out from Huntly.
Little Ord Trail
Aberdeenshire, Cairngorms, Scotland
From the Burn o' Vat car park. A waymarked trail through woodland and open views.
Loch Kinnord from Dinnet
Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Cairngorms, Scotland
A shared out and back then an anticlockwise circuit around the forested banks of Loch Kinord.
Loch Muick
Aberdeenshire, Cairngorms, Scotland
From Spittal of Glen Muick Car Park. A shared section at the start and finish with a clockwise loop of the loc.
Morrone
Braemar, Cairngorms, Scotland
A single loop road starts and finishes near Duck Pond, and ex-ROC Bunker makes an anti-clockwise circuit across Morrone Circular, Morrone…
Morrone Foothills Circular
Braemar, Cairngorms, Scotland
This lower-level run, set in the shadow of Morrone Mountain, features a clockwise loop climbing to around 450 metres.
Morrone Out and Back
Braemar, Cairngorms, Scotland
This out-and-back run ascends 475 metres to the summit of Morrone, reaching an elevation of 859 metres.
Peterhead - the old railway
Peterhead, Scotland
Along the old railway line from York Street to Longside Airfield and back.
Pressendye
Tarland, Cairngorms, Scotland
A steady climb out to Pressendye via Douneside and Longfold, then downhill back via Pittenderich.
Redhythe Point
Portsoy, Scotland
Starting from Cullen Street, then following Park Crescent towards Sandend, then following the coast back via Redhythe Point.
Rosehearty Gallows Hill Loop
Rosehearty, Scotland
An anti-clockwise loop starts and ends in Rosehearty, passes Rosehearty Dive Place, Bay of Lochielair, Auld Mill Bay, towards Dundarg…
Skamper Lairig Ghru Mountain Trail
Aberdeenshire, Cairngorms, Scotland
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Stonehaven and Dunnottar Castle
Stonehaven, Scotland
Starting from Stonehaven follows along the coast to Dunnottar Castle and for a short out and back past Old Hall Bay, then returns via the…
Troup Head
Gardenstown, Scotland
A loop around RSPB Scotland site Troup Head from Gardenstown, returning inland via paths and lanes.
Wood of Kinnoir
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
An undualting loop around the woods on wide tracks.
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