Walk up Roods from the town centre then turn right up track to the Camera Obscura and you will soon find yourself in the open on Kirrie Hill with amazing views of the Angus hills. If you continue past the cemetry you will find a path on the right, which takes you along the top of a disused quarry. Follow this to a triangulation point and you will be rewarded with another vista across Strathmore towards Forfar.
The pathway continues along the ridge past a Standing Stone then crosses the access to a reservoir. Follow the path round the reservoir down into the quarry then on down to Brechin Road where you turn right to return to the town. This will take you past the access to the town cemetry, (signed Path Network "Kirrie Hill"), where J.M. Barrie is buried. If you continue towards the town you also pass his birthplace, which is now a museum.
Town Centre (Roods)
Town Centre
1 and three quarters of a mile
1 hour