
Sustainable Travel Destinations
From the hills to the sea, Dumfries and Galloway offers an overabundance of natural destinations for visitors.
Sustainable Travel Destinations
- The Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere
- Low Carbon Days Out
- Low Carbon Days Out The Machars
- Low Carbon Days Out Stranraer The Rhinns of Galloway
- Low Carbon Days Out Sanquhar & Wanlockhead
Galloway Forest Park
- Galloway Forest Park
- Knockman Wood
- Glentrool Visitor Centre
- Bruce's Stone, Loch Trool
- Talnotry
- Wild Goat Park
- Red Deer Range
- Galloway Red Kite Trail
Galloway International Dark Sky Park<
Good Dark Sky viewing places:
Walking in Galloway
- Dumfries and Galloway Walks
- Dumfries and Galloway Walking Routes & Hiking Trails
- Dumfries and Galloway Walks & Walking
- Walking in Galloway Forest Park
Machars Walks
Newton Stewart Walks
Galloway Forest Walks
Dumfries and Galloway Core Footpaths
- Core paths are key public access routes which have been identified across the region.
The Merrick
The Merrick (summit elevation is 843 metres/2,766 feet), is the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and southern Scotland.
Cairnsmore of Fleet
Cairnsmore of Fleet (summit elevation is 711 m/2,333 ft), is the most southerly mountain in Scotland.
Local Wood near to Wigtown

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