Description:

A 10-stage easy walk, mostly on well defined paths, with no special difficulties. The John Muir Way follows paths ranging from grass to gravel and tarmac. Much of the route is flattish with easy gradients and a few hill climbs. From Helensburgh through the scenic grandeur of Loch Lomond where there is a link with the Three Lochs Way, along two famous canals taking in the Roman Antonine Wall, passing Linlithgow Palace, Blackness Castle and the Forth Bridges (Link with the Fife Coastal Path) to Edinburgh.

This walk finishes at Dunbar with its ruined castle and John Muir’s birthplace cottage.

From Dunbar there is a special 'John Muir Link' to Cocksburnpath (16 km) where you may hook up with the Southern Upland Way or the Berwickshire Coastal Path.