Little Hill

Little Hill sits just outside Crieff, and on a clear day the walk up rewards you with proper Perthshire views stretching across farmland and towards the Highlands. It's not a dramatic peak - you won't be scrambling over rocks or gasping for air - but that's rather the point. The climb takes about forty minutes from the car park, following a well-trodden path that's manageable for most fitness levels. The summit itself is modest, topped with a cairn and open moorland that catches the wind something fierce. Walkers will appreciate the straightforward route and the chance to pick out landmarks towards Stirling on the horizon. Families with teenagers will find it rewarding without being a slog. Young kids might lose interest unless you make a game of spotting the cairn from below. Go on a dry weekday morning and you'll have the place largely to yourself. Weekends attract locals from Crieff doing their weekend fitness loop. The nearby holiday parks - Comrie Holiday Park and Twenty Shilling Wood are both within three miles - make this a logical afternoon sortie if you're based in the area for a week. It's the sort of walk that fills two hours perfectly without feeling like a mammoth undertaking. Proper hill-walking territory it isn't, but straightforward Scottish countryside rambling, absolutely.