Area of wooded hills and lochs in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trossachs</span>

Trossachs

<p>The <b>Trossachs</b> (<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><span><a href="/en/File:Trossachs.ogg" title="About this sound" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy" alt="Loudspeaker.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="11" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span><a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Trossachs.ogg" resource="./Media:Trossachs.ogg" title="Trossachs.ogg" target="_blank">listen</a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><small class="metadata audiolinkinfo" style="cursor:help;">(<a href="/en/Wikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media help" class="mw-redirect wl"><span style="cursor:help;">help</span></a>·<a href="/en/File:Trossachs.ogg" title="File:Trossachs.ogg" class="wl"><span style="cursor:help;">info</span></a>)</small></span>; <a href="/en/Scottish_Gaelic_language" title="Scottish Gaelic language" class="mw-redirect wl">Scottish Gaelic</a><span>: </span><i lang="gd">Na Tròiseachan</i>) generally refers to an area of wooded <a href="/en/Glen" title="Glen" class="wl">glens</a>, <a href="/en/Braes" title="Braes" class="mw-redirect wl">braes</a>, and <a href="/en/Loch" title="Loch" class="wl">lochs</a> lying to the east of <a href="/en/Ben_Lomond" title="Ben Lomond" class="wl">Ben Lomond</a> in the <a href="/en/Stirling_council_area" title="Stirling council area" class="mw-redirect wl">Stirling council area</a> of <a href="/en/Scotland" title="Scotland" class="wl">Scotland</a>. The name is taken from that of a small woodland glen that lies at the centre of the area, but is now generally applied to the wider region.</p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">Area of wooded hills and lochs in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands</div>
<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033289096" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}</style>
<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt7">Human settlement in Scotland</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038035124" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place{border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-label{width:40%}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-header{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-above{font-size:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place-other-names{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place td,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: The Trossachs.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">The Trossachs<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ib-uk-place-other-names"><ul><li><a href="/en/Scottish_Gaelic_language" title="Scottish Gaelic language" class="mw-redirect wl">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Na Tròiseachan</i></li></ul></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg/240px-Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" data-file-type="bitmap" height="180" width="240" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg/360px-Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg/480px-Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg 2x" alt="Wooded_area_of_the_Trossachs_and_Loch_Katrine.jpg"></a></span><br>The forested area at the eastern end of Loch Katrine</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997900035" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:Stirling_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="The Trossachs is located in Stirling" data-hash="File:Stirling_UK_location_map.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="The Trossachs is located in Stirling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stirling_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Stirling_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1347" data-file-height="1384" data-file-type="drawing" height="247" width="240" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stirling_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Stirling_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stirling_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Stirling_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x"></a></span><div class="od" style="top:55.075%;left:41.667%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage"><span><img loading="lazy"alt="The Trossachs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" data-file-type="drawing" height="6" width="6" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x"></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;left:4px"><div>The Trossachs</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/en/Stirling_(council_area)" title="Stirling (council area)" class="wl">Stirling</a> council area</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid" class="wl">OS<span>&nbsp;</span>grid<span>&nbsp;</span>reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Trossachs&amp;params=56.229952136888_N_4.4244924201539_W_region:GB_scale:25000&amp;title=The+Trossachs" class="external text" target="_blank">NN498068</a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland" class="wl">Council<span>&nbsp;</span>area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Stirling_(council_area)" title="Stirling (council area)" class="wl">Stirling</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom" class="wl">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/en/Scotland" title="Scotland" class="wl">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states" class="wl">Sovereign<span>&nbsp;</span>state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories" class="wl">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland" class="wl">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom" class="wl">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Scottish_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Scottish Fire and Rescue Service" class="wl">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom" class="wl">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Scottish_Ambulance_Service" title="Scottish Ambulance Service" class="wl">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist ">
<dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt>
<dd><a href="/en/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations" class="wl">UK</a></dd>
<dd><a href="/en/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland" class="wl">Scotland</a></dd>
<dd></dd></dl></div>
<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Trossachs&amp;params=56.231_N_4.425_W_region:GB_type:landmark" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">56°13′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">4°25′30″W</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>The wooded hills and lochs of the area may be considered to represent a microcosm of a typical highland landscape,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-SMC_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-SMC-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> and the woodlands are an important habitat for many species.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-qualities_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-qualities-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> Much of the Trossachs area is protected by various different <a href="/en/Protected_areas_of_Scotland" title="Protected areas of Scotland" class="wl">conservation designations</a>, including the <b>Great Trossachs Forest <a href="/en/National_nature_reserve_(Scotland)" title="National nature reserve (Scotland)" class="wl">National Nature Reserve</a></b>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-sitelink_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-sitelink-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

<p>The Trossachs form part of the <a href="/en/Loch_Lomond_and_The_Trossachs_National_Park" title="Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park" class="wl">Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park</a>, which was established in 2002.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> The area has long been visited by tourists due to the relative proximity of major population centres such as <a href="/en/Glasgow" title="Glasgow" class="wl">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/en/Stirling" title="Stirling" class="wl">Stirling</a>, and remains popular with walkers, cyclists and tourists.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-SMC_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-SMC-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> Scenic boat rides on Loch Katrine are popular with visitors: the <a href="/en/Steamboat" title="Steamboat" class="wl">steamer</a> <a href="/en/SS_Sir_Walter_Scott" title="SS Sir Walter Scott" class="wl">SS Sir Walter Scott</a>, launched in 1899, remains in operation.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-katrine1_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-katrine1-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> The <a href="/en/Great_Trossachs_Path" title="Great Trossachs Path" class="wl">Great Trossachs Path</a>, one of <a href="/en/Scotland's_Great_Trails" title="Scotland's Great Trails" class="wl">Scotland's Great Trails</a>, is a 48<span>&nbsp;</span>km route suitable for <a href="/en/Hiking" title="Hiking" class="wl">walkers</a>, <a href="/en/Cycling" title="Cycling" class="wl">cyclists</a> and <a href="/en/Horse_riding" title="Horse riding" class="mw-redirect wl">horse riders</a>. It runs between <a href="/en/Callander" title="Callander" class="wl">Callander</a> in the east and <a href="/en/Inversnaid" title="Inversnaid" class="wl">Inversnaid</a> on the banks of <a href="/en/Loch_Lomond" title="Loch Lomond" class="wl">Loch Lomond</a> in the west, passing along the northern shores of Loch Katrine and Loch Arklet.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span></p>



The Trossachs ; Scottish Gaelic: Na Tròiseachan) generally refers to an area of wooded glens, braes, and lochs lying to the east of Ben Lomond in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The name is taken from that of a small woodland glen that lies at the centre of the area, but is now generally applied to the wider region. The wooded hills and lochs of the area may be considered to represent a microcosm of a typical highland landscape, The Trossachs form part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was established in 2002. 