Discover the closest published Remapped drives to Dumfries, Scotland. Routes are ordered by their nearest point to the town centre and may start elsewhere. Distances to routes are approximate straight-line distances, not driving distances. Roads featured include A780, A701, C98a.
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Short on time? Honister and Borrowdale Loop has the shortest estimated drive in this collection, at 45 minutes before stops.
Closest point on route: 0 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Follow the A701 from Dumfries through Moffat and over the Devil’s Beef Tub into the upper Tweed country. The drive finishes near Edinburgh’s southern approach, keeping the rural through-road as its focus.
Closest point on route: 0 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Follow the established South West Coastal 300 driving track through the Galloway coast, Solway country, southern uplands and Ayrshire. This complete multi-day draft follows the tourism authority’s published roads with optional stop spurs removed, with town and landscape visits planned around the journey.
Closest point on route: 15 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Cross the Lowther Hills using the A702 Dalveen Pass and return through Leadhills, Wanlockhead and Mennock. This road-led loop pairs a broad main-road pass with a more intimate upland crossing.
Closest point on route: 16 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Make a southwest Scotland circuit from Castle Douglas through the Loch Ken area and across the forest road towards Newton Stewart. Return by the southern corridor for a broad loop with woodland, hills and lower farmland.
Closest point on route: 19 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Link the A708 and A701 with the narrow hill road between Megget and Talla reservoirs. This compact mountain circuit combines loch-country driving with the Devil’s Beef Tub approach, without adding reservoir access spurs.
Closest point on route: 19 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Follow the A708 from Moffat through the hills towards St Mary’s Loch, continuing along the valley towards Selkirk. This Borders crossing combines enclosed bends with broader loch and hill-country sections.
Closest point on route: 33 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Make a circuit from Keswick through Borrowdale and over Honister to Buttermere, returning by the Lorton side of the fells. The steep pass forms the central contrast between the two valley approaches.
Closest point on route: 33 miles from Dumfries · straight-line distance
Make a demanding full-day circuit linking six celebrated Lake District passes. The route combines Kirkstone, Honister, Newlands, Whinlatter, Hardknott and Wrynose with western valley roads; it is designed as a major driving day rather than a short sightseeing loop.
Driving times exclude stops. Leave time for the views, check each route’s notes and make the journey your own.
About the drives in this collection.
A701 Devils Beef Tub: Dumfries to Edinburgh has the closest point on a route in this selection, approximately 0 miles from Dumfries in a straight line. This is not the distance to the route start or a driving-distance estimate.
Honister and Borrowdale Loop is the shortest by route distance, at 29 miles, with an estimated driving time of 45 min. Allow extra time for stops and the journey to the route.
South West Coastal 300: Coast and Southern Uplands is the longest by route distance, at 313 miles. Its estimated driving time is 10 hr 5 min, excluding stops and travel to the route.
6 routes start and finish in the same place, including South West Coastal 300: Coast and Southern Uplands. Check the route map to find a convenient starting point.
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