Loch Trool
Loch Trool is a narrow, freshwater loch in Galloway, in the Southern Uplands in south-west Scotland. It lies in an elevated position in Glen Trool in the Galloway Forest Park and is approximately 8 miles north of the town of Newton Stewart.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Lamachan Hill and Loch Valley.
Lamachan Hill
Peak
Photo: Colin McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamachan Hill is a hill in the Minnigaff Hills, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest hill of the range, lying 11 kilometres north of Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway. Lamachan Hill is situated 2 miles southeast of Loch Trool.
Loch Valley
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Loch Valley is a loch in Galloway Forest Park to the east of Buchan Hill, north of the Rig of the Jarkness and southwest of Craignaw. It drains via Gairland Burn down to Loch Trool. Loch Valley is situated 2½ miles northeast of Loch Trool.
Round Loch of Glenhead
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The Round Loch of Glenhead is a small upland single basin loch in Dumfries and Galloway. It is situated within Galloway Forest Park to the west of the hill Craiglee. Round Loch of Glenhead is situated 2 miles east of Loch Trool.
Loch Trool
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, outflows west to the Water of Trool
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Trool” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Trool”
- French: “loch Trool”
- French: “Loch Trool”
- Irish: “Loch an t-Sruthail”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Trool”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch an t-Sruthail”
- Swedish: “Loch Trool”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glentrool Village and Bargrennan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maiden Isle and Glen Trool.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loch Trool”. Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.