The Devon Way cycle track runs from Muckhart through Dollar to Alloa with a track off to the Gartmorn Dam ((15 minutes)) where a range of leisure activities including fishing is available. We can provide a secure covered storage area for your cycles if required..

Stirling Bike Club are a friendly and lively lot who meet for rides several times a week.

Golfers will find that, as so often in Scotland, their needs are well catered for with local courses: Dollar Golf Club (1 minute) , Tillicoultry Golf Club (13 minutes) and (Muckhart Golf Club (8 minutes) . Dollar Golf Club offers specially reduced rates to our guests - ask us for details or pick up a flyer from us when you are here.

Further afield, the courses at Gleneagles (20 minutes) or St Andrews (50 minutes) offer a chance to have that once in a lifetime experience. Major competitions held at Gleneagles or St. Andrews are thus within easy 'commuting' distance. There are said to be 30 golf courses within 30 minutes of Dollar.

This Google map shows a few of the local courses.

Dollar nestles at the foot of the Ochils and hillwalkers will find the access to the hills from the property is easy: a quick stroll up the Burnside, with a stunning display of cherry blossom in the Spring, a short walk up through the beautiful and tranquil Dollar Glen leads to Castle Campbell from where paths lead on to the hills. Various combinations of Kingseat (648 M), Andrew Gannel (670 M), Ben Cleuch (721M), Whitewisp (643 M) and Tarmangie (645 M) are all easily doable in a morning for a reasonably fit walker. Despite their relatively small heights, it is always blowy on the tops and clouds and mist can make a safe descent challenging. In winter only competent and well equipped walkers should venture far. The views from the top of the Ochils are well worth the effort: the Forth road and rail bridges can be seen as well as the high peaks of the Cairngorms. On the way down, the Castle Campbell tea room makes a fine stop.

For those who find walking just too slow, Ochil Hill Runners are the people to chase.

The undiscovered Scotland website has many fine pictures.

A walk to Glen Devon can be rewarded with a visit to the Tormaukin Country Inn for refreshment.


This Google map shows a few of the local landmarks.

As well as Castle Campbell which is but a pleasant walk away for the reasonably fit, there are many places of historic interest within easy reach.

• Stirling has arguably the finest castle in Scotland. There are, however, many other interesting places to visit in and around Stirling.
• The National Wallace Monument is at Causewayhead, near Stirling and is well worth a visit. Braveheart fans will be in their element.
• The Bannockburn Heritage Centre is at Bannockburn, near Stirling.
• Nearby Culross is the quickest way back to the 16th century in Scotland.
• Cambuskenneth Abbey lies in a loop of the river Forth just a stone's throw across the river from Stirling, but nearer 4 miles by road. King James iii is buried here along with his wife.
• Dunfermline Abbey is the burial place of a number of other kings: Malcolm III, Edgar, Alexander I, David I, Malcolm IV, Alexander III and, best known of all, Robert I aka Robert the Bruce
• Undiscovered Scotland is one of the best sites for planning days out or longer trips in Scotland.
• Historic Scotland has a (fairly clunky) search engine which lists many nearby ancient monuments.
• Dollar Museum has exhibitions covering Dollar from prehistoric times to the present day. The reading room has a large collection of research materials. There is a brief but extensive history of Dollar on the Dollar Community Website.

This Google map shows a few of the local historic sites.

Scotland's National Motorsports Centre at the nearby Knockhill (15 Minutes) put on a wide program of events.

• Gartmorn Dam (15 minutes) , a site of special scientific interest popular with bird watchers: goldeneye, pochard, wigeon, teal, gadwall, shoveler, goosander and ruddy and tufted ducks, greylag and pinkfeet geese can all be seen at the right times of year.
• Loch Leven, near Kinross is home to an RSPB bird sanctuary and Loch Leven Castle.
• Drummond Gardens near Crieff, is one of the finest formal gardens in Europe.

This Google map shows where things are.

Paragliding tuition is available at the Extreme Paragliding School at Alva (10 minutes away by car).

Experienced paragliders will be made welcome at the Ochils Paragliding Club in Menstrie.

Edinburgh University Exmoor Pony Trekking Section (Yes, really.) run Pony Trekking (9 Minutes) in Glendevon from June to September.

This Google map shows where they are.