Apart from the 80-metre ascent at the mid-point, this walk is quite flat and suitable for most walkers. Being sheltered by woodland most of the way, it is an ideal all-year-round route. From the car park near Inver the walk follows a minor road and footpath, to reach the banks of the Tay at the mouth of the River Braan.

A flat and wide riverside path leading through mature woodland follows Scotland's longest river northwards for about 3km. On the way you pass Niel Gow's Oak where the well-known local fiddler composed many tunes. The path leaves the river and after passing beneath the A9 and railway line, climbs steeply for a short distance into Craigvinean Forest, a woodland of enormous Douglas firs.

A fairly level forest track leads back along the hillside, passing a 'fairy castle' folly built at a viewpoint over the Tay Valley. Beyond this, the track descends to the Hermitage, an ornamental woodland garden dating from the 1750s, where you will find a Hermit's Cave and Ossian's Hall, providing a viewpoint over the Falls of Braan. A stone bridge leads over the Braan and past Britain's tallest tree, a 64.6- metre-tall Douglas fir planted in the 1860s.

Scotland - Perth & Kinross - Tay Forest Park

View a road map to the starting point of this walk.