Loch Tarsan Dam – White Cart Water Cycleway loop from Nitshill

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Loch Tarsan Dam – White Cart Water Cycleway loop from Nitshill

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Loch Tarsan Dam – White Cart Water Cycleway loop from Nitshill

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164km

1,450m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 140 km for 152 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

5.89 km

White Cart Water

Lake

9.13 km

Renfrew Lift Bridge and Bike Path by Glasgow Airport

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

This was a pretty good place to ride before, but now it's got a HOT NEW BIKE PATH that makes it twenty times better. Strongly recommend.

Tip by

46.0 km

Gourock to Dunoon Ferry (Sound of Shuna)

Highlight • Structure

Gourock McInroy’s Point Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Hunters Quay

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64.5 km

Loch Tarsan Dam

Highlight • Structure

81.8 km

View of the Kyles of Bute from Tighnabruaich

Highlight • Climb

Take your time with this climb, which ever way you choose to approach it - its quite a climb if you're fully loaded. A little easier from Tighnabruaich, the views out and across the Kyles of Bute are fabulous.

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96.7 km

Lochhead

Highlight • Settlement

A nice little place at the end of the loch. Perfect resting place after the descent and before the climb back inland.

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Tip by

140 km

Duchal Wood

Forest

142 km

Gas Bottle Legion Sculptures, Bridge of Weir Cycle Path

Highlight • Structure

Unusual sculpture on the cycle path near Bridge of Weir

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157 km

Jenny's Well Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

159 km

White Cart Water Cycleway

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice path running between Paisley and Crookston/Ross Hall. Recently resurfaced it’s super smooth, winding alongside the river. Part of Sustrans route 7 & 75.

Tip by

164 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

51.2 km

45.9 km

45.5 km

8.52 km

8.37 km

2.68 km

1.12 km

373 m

Surfaces

141 km

10.9 km

10.8 km

920 m

450 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

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Weather

Tuesday 20 October

12°C

6°C

84 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

July 10, 2024,#23: Von Kames nach Glasgow

The last day of the tour (on the island) begins with a very nice encounter: the gears are jammed and the only place with a bike is a bike rental shop - on a hill, of course 😅 The rental shop is also closed, but a very nice gentleman from the neighboring garden center makes a few phone calls, and …

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