Walks from Falls of Cruachan station
9 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Falls of Cruachan — the closest is Beinn a' Bhuiridh at 2.2 km, the highest Ben Cruachan at 1,127 m. Distances are straight lines, not routes: this page tells you a car-free day is possible here, and the planning is still yours.
- Station code
- FOC
- Grid reference
- NN079267
- Coordinates
- 56.39388, -5.11248
- Locality
- Falls Of Cruachan
- Operator
- ScotRail
- Entries & exits
- 1,782 · #2,500 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 9
Passenger figure is the ORR estimate of all entries and exits, April 2024 to March 2025 — a measure of how busy (or wonderfully quiet) the station is, not of train frequency.
About Falls of Cruachan station
Falls of Cruachan station stands at the foot of Ben Cruachan, on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line — originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway — between Taynuilt and Loch Awe. The platform falls within the four-mile stretch of railway protected by the Pass of Brander stone signals. ScotRail manages the station and operates all services; 1,782 passenger journeys were recorded between April 2024 and March 2025.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Falls of Cruachan railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 9 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Falls of Cruachan is one of the 3 nearest stations. Follow a name for the full record — heights, prominence, access rights, live summit weather and daylight.
| # | Hill | Height | Classifications | From station | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beinn a' Bhuiridh | 898.4 m | CorbettMarilynHuMP+1 | 2.2 km | NE |
| 2 | Meall Cuanail | 920.2 m | Munro TopMurdoSimm | 3 km | N |
| 3 | Stob Garbh | 981.7 m | Munro TopMurdoSimm | 3.8 km | N |
| 4 | Ben Cruachan | 1127 m | MunroCurrent County/UA TopTrail 100+4 | 3.9 km | N |
| 5 | Drochaid Ghlas | 1024.4 m | Munro TopMurdoSimm | 4 km | N |
| 6 | Stob Dearg | 1103.1 m | Munro TopMurdoSimm | 4.4 km | NW |
| 7 | Stob Daimh | 999.2 m | MunroMurdoHuMP+1 | 4.4 km | N |
| 8 | Sron an Isean | 966.6 m | Munro TopMurdoSimm | 4.8 km | N |
| 9 | Beinn a' Chochuill | 980 m | MunroMurdoMarilyn+2 | 6.8 km | NE |
A hill 8 km away in a straight line can be a much longer day on the ground — and on rural lines the last train home leaves early and some stations are request stops with a handful of services a day. Check live times and facilities for Falls of Cruachan before you commit, plan the route on a proper map, and give the daylight planner your real finish time.
Hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0). Station position from NaPTAN (Department for Transport, OGL v3.0); passenger estimates from the Office of Rail and Road (OGL v3.0). Distances and bearings computed by OpenFell, summit to platform.
Daylight here today
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for the station. Walking to a timetable means walking to the light: set your turnaround with the daylight safety planner.
Plan the day
- Walking-time calculator — Naismith with terrain and fitness corrections.
- Access checker — what the land around here allows.
- Kit-list generator — packed for the forecast, not for habit.
- Falls of Cruachan on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps