Riverside Cabins

Loch Earn

Loch Earn, excavated by the awesome power of ice glaciers, has "bonnie banks and braes" along its 7 mile length. It is a narrow loch about half a mile wide. Its western boundary lies at Lochearnhead at the foot of Glen Ogle and its reported depth is almost 300 feet.St Fillans, a charming little village lies at the east end, and here the River Earn exits.

Loch Earn is surrounded by hills with Ben Vorlich (985 Mtrs) to the south and the scenic pass of Glen Ogle to the north west. The railway viaduct in Glen Ogle marks some heoic effort to extend the railway services across all of Scotland. Here the line did not last because of the high building and maintenance costs in this rugged and dramatic terrain.Good use has been made of the route however, and Sustrans(external link) route 7 passes along its length.

Loch Earn is unusual due to an tidal like effect, "seiching(external link)", caused by wind along its length and by thermal stratification and is the only Scottish Loch to be so affected. Loch Geneva is probably tha best known loch with similar "tides".

Edinample Castle(external link) lies on the sothern shore near Lochearnhead and is a reminder of the need for security in a land where cattle rustling was endemic. Rob Roy McGregor(external link) was probably the best known of these.

There are many hotels with restaurants on the northern shore of the Loch and fishing(external link), water skiing at Lochearnhead(external link), and sailing at Loch Earn Sailing Club(external link), being popular with visitors. To ensure equal enjoyment by all a code of conduct(external link) has been agreed for users of the loch

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