The “Whangie”

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The Whangie, part of the Kilpatrick Hills, is accessed from the Queen’s View car park on the Stockiemuir Road heading out towards Drymen. From the centre pf Glasgow the drive is around 12 miles. It is a very popular local walk and the car park can get busy, so it’s worth going early or later in the day.

The well worn path takes you to an unusual rock formation that resembles a very narrow ravine, which goes on for around 100 metres, passing through steep sided rocks up to 20 metres tall. Local folklore says it was caused by the Devil’s tail carving through the rocks.

It’s worth wearing waterproof footwear, as the path can be wet and muddy. In fact, we normally do all our Scottish hiking in wellies (rubber boots), whether it be summer or winter.

Watch out for where the path splits and make sure you take the lower path to reach the Whangie. At an easy pace, it takes no more than an hour to reach, though you can choose to extend the walk by continuing up to the top of Auchineden Hill.

For a short walk, it has some stunning the views on a clear day, both looking back to Dumgoyne and across to Loch Lomond and it’s surrounding mountains. It’s particularly beautiful at sunset, although the photo I have chosen to include was during daylight (due to the low light, our sunset ones didn’t come out too well).

As you can see from the photos, winter is a beautiful time to do this walk, but it was very slippery in places where the path had iced over, so just be careful!

We have since walked to the Whangie via Auchineden hill from the Edenmill Farm Shop car park. This is a good alternative if the Queen’s View car park is full. Read our blog n this route here.

This is just one of many great walks within the Kilpatrick Hills, which stretch roughly from this area all the way out to Dumbarton. If you have enjoyed reading about this walk, you may be interested in my kindle book “10 Great Days out from Glasgow“, which includes this and many other fairly local walks.

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