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Dunkeld Christmas Grotto Walk

Local route6.2 km · 3.9 miModerate · 4/10Best Apr–Oct

Next nearby hike: Duchess Anne to Kings Seat 0.5 mi · 0.9 kmExplore Perth and Kinross →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)

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  2. F5°0°86
  3. M7°1°86
  4. A10°3°64
  5. M14°6°78
  6. J16°9°74
  7. J18°11°82
  8. A17°11°90
  9. S14°8°95
  10. O11°6°128
  11. N7°3°115
  12. D5°0°105

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

Dunkeld Christmas Eve Grotto Walk visits the cave. There are sections of the route that are on narrow uneven paths (mountain hiking). These sections may be bypassed. Most of the route is hiking.

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Trail facts

Difficulty
Moderate (4/10) (mountain_hiking (T2) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
Mapped length
6.2 km · 3.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
At Dunkeld (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) · GeoNames
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Perth and Kinross
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
From / to
Dunkeld → Dunkeld
SAC scale (OSM)
mountain hiking
Route centre
56.5696, -3.5930
Route start
56.5658, -3.5867
OpenStreetMap
relation 16837109
How it’s scored

Moderate (4/10). Official rating: mountain_hiking (T2) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL).

A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm

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

Duchess Anne to Kings Seat

0.5 mi · 0.9 km · Perth and Kinross

Fiddler's Path

0.7 mi · 1.2 km · Perth and Kinross

Duchess Cave and Cave Crag

0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Perth and Kinross

Inver Path

0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Perth and Kinross

Cally Loch and Hatton Circular

1.0 mi · 1.7 km · Perth and Kinross

Braan Path

1.3 mi · 2.2 km · Perth and Kinross

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