Castle · On the route
Dunderave Castle
Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0Argyll Coastal Route
The signed tourist route from Tarbet on Loch Lomond over the Rest and Be Thankful to Inveraray, down to Lochgilphead, up the coast by Kilmartin to Oban and on to Ballachulish, finishing round Loch Leven by Kinlochleven.
- Distance
- 134 miles (216 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Argyll
Follows the official route
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 35 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 12
- Curvature
- 135 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 29
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 48 to mile 84. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 57 to mile 77, at 201 degrees of turning a mile.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- The A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful is often closed after heavy rain because of landslips. When it is, traffic uses the Old Military Road below it or a long diversion. Check Traffic Scotland before you set off.
- The roads north of Oban are busy with holiday traffic in summer.
On the way
- Tarbet
- Arrochar
- Rest and Be Thankful
- Inveraray
- Lochgilphead
- Kilmartin
- Oban
- Ballachulish
- Kinlochleven
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in TarbetWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in KinlochlevenWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Castle · 0.9 km off the route
Minard Castle
Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Wendy Kirkwood, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.4 km off the route
Carnasserie Castle
Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0
Waterfall · 0.4 km off the route
Eas a' Chaorainn
Waterfall in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia
Cathedral · 0.3 km off the route
St Columba's Cathedral
Cathedral in Oban, Argyll, Scotland.
Read about it on Wikipedia
Castle · 0.7 km off the route
Dunstaffnage Castle
Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · 0.3 km off the route
Falls of Lora
Waterfall in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Mussklprozz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 0.4 km off the route
Castle Stalker
Tower house or keep on a tidal islet on Loch Laich.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Gerpsych~commonswiki assumed (based on copy, CC BY-SA 3.0
Waterfall · On the route
Grey Mare's Tail, Kinlochmore
Waterfall in Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Peter Trant, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · On the route
Eisnathic
Waterfall on the small river Bun Nathrach near the north shore of Loch Leven, Highland, Scotland, UK.
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.