Walking Rum and the Small Isles

Overview map 

Introduction 

When to go 

Getting to the Small Isles 

Maps, route finding and access 

Safety and emergencies 

What to take 

Using this guide 

Rum 

Introduction 

Walk 1 A round of the Rum Cuillin 

Walk 2 The Dibidil Horseshoe 

Walk 3 Around the coast of Rum 

Walk 4 Kinloch to Guirdil 

Walk 5 The Guirdil Horseshoe 

Walk 6 Around Rum’s western hills 

Walk 7 Kinloch to Kilmory Bay or Harris 

Eigg 

Introduction 

Walk 8 An Sgùrr and Grulin 

Walk 9 Around the coast and cliffs of north Eigg 

Canna 

Introduction 

Walk 10 Around the coast of Canna 

Walk 11 Around Sanday 

Muck 

Introduction 

Walk 12 Around the coast of Muck 

Coll 

Introduction

Walk 13 Coll’s western tip 

Walk 14 Ben Hogh and the Breachacha castles 

Tiree 

Introduction 

Walk 15 Tiree’s east coast 

Walk 16 Tiree’s west coast and three highest points 

Appendix A Route summary table 

Appendix B Accommodation 

Appendix C Further reading

It is essential that you have the appropriate maps for the walks described in this guidebook. There are few waymarks, signposts or paths of any kind, making accurate route finding all the more important. A degree of navigational proficiency is indispensable.

This guide incorporates Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 mapping with highlighted routes. These should be used in conjunction with OS Explorer 1:25,000 maps because of their greater topographic detail. Do not rely solely on the maps in this guidebook as it is essential that you are able to ascertain your position in the wider context, should you need to abandon your walk and make for the nearest road or habitation. The walks described in this guidebook are covered by the following Ordnance Survey maps:

• OS Explorer 1:25,000 sheet 397 Rum, Eigg, Muck, Canna and Sanday
• OS Explorer 1:25,000 sheet 372 Coll and Tiree
• OS Landranger 1:50,000 sheet 39 Rum, Eigg, Muck and Canna
• OS Landranger 1:50,000 sheet 46 Coll and Tiree

A compass is indispensable and a ‘wristwatch’ altimeter is also very useful for navigation, especially on the hills of Rum. It’s not quite so easy to get lost when walking along the island coastlines, but it is important that you know exactly where you are, especially in poor weather/visibility and if for any reason you need to head inland from the coast.

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