Trails › United Kingdom › Shetland Islands

Croft Museum to Pool of Virkie

Local route5.0 km · 3.1 miBest Jun–Oct

Next nearby hike: Links of Quendale 1.6 mi · 2.6 kmExplore Shetland Islands →

Shetland Islands, United KingdomShetland IslandsJarlshoff to Sumburgh Head · Shetland IslandsLinks of Quendale · Shetland IslandsSumburgh Head to Grutness · Shetland IslandsEndStart5 kmN ↑

Croft Museum to Pool of Virkie other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)

Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps

© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Full route · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).

7-day forecast

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Best time to hike

Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 10–13 °C (50–55 °F)

  1. J7°5°144
  2. F6°4°111
  3. M6°5°122
  4. A7°6°66
  5. M8°7°59
  6. J10°9°58
  7. J12°11°67
  8. A13°12°82
  9. S12°11°107
  10. O11°9°145
  11. N9°7°143
  12. D8°6°136

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

Croft Museum to Pool of Virkie is a local hiking route of about 5.0 km (3.1 mi) in Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. It lies about 9.7 km south of Sandwick. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Jun–Oct.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
5.0 km · 3.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
9.7 km S of Sandwick (Shetland Islands, Scotland) · GeoNames
Best months
Jun–Oct
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Shetland Islands
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
Route centre
59.9007, -1.2803
Route start
59.9148, -1.2905
OpenStreetMap
relation 11480061
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Links of Quendale

1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Shetland Islands

Sumburgh Head to Grutness

3.3 mi · 5.4 km · Shetland Islands

Jarlshoff to Sumburgh Head

3.6 mi · 5.8 km · Shetland Islands

St Ninians Circular

4.5 mi · 7.2 km · Shetland Islands

Coastal Route to Hoswick

6.2 mi · 9.9 km · Shetland Islands

Maywick Deepdale coastal route

7 mi · 11 km · Shetland Islands

All trails in Shetland Islands → · All 1,862 trails in United Kingdom →