The West Highland Way (Scottish Gaelic: Slighe na Gàidhealtachd an Iar) is a linear long distance footpath in Scotland, with the official status of Long Distance Route. It is 154.5 km (96.0 mi) long, running from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands.

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1West Highland Way (WHW-1)
Mugdock Park
2 miles
2West Highland Way (WHW-2)
Mugdock Park
2 miles
3Gartness Road (WHW)
gartness
3 miles
4West Highland Way (WHW-5)
Drymen
1,289 ft
5West Highland Way (WHW-6)
Drymen
1,539 ft
6Access Road (WHW-6)
Drymen
1 mile
7Access Road (WHW-7)
Conic Hill
2 miles
8Access to Conic Hill (WHW-8)
Conic Hill
1 mile
9Conic Hill Climb (WHW-8)
Conic Hill
1 mile
10Conic Hill Descent (WHW-9)
Conic Hill
1,752 ft
11Down the Steps (WHW-9)
Conic Hill
3,114 ft
12Access Road (WHW9a)
Conic Hill
971 ft
13Trail (WHW-9b)
Ben Lomond
2,595 ft
14Trail (WHW-10)
Ben Lomond
4,409 ft
15Trail (WHW-11)
Ben Lomond
784 ft
16Trail (WHW-12)
Ben Lomond
1,703 ft
17Trail (WHW-13)
Ben Lomond
3,392 ft
18Trail (WHW-14)
Ben Lomond
906 ft
19Trail (WHW-15)
Ben Lomond
653 ft
20Trail (WHW-16)
Ben Lomond
3 miles
21West Highland Way (WHW-17)
Stirlingshire Region
909 ft
22West Highland Way (WHW-18)
Stirlingshire Region
4 miles
23West Highland Way (WHW-19)
Inversnaid
3 miles
24West Highland Way (WHW-20)
Inversnaid
7 miles
25Access Road (WHW-21)
Argyll and Bute Region
5,072 ft
26West Highland Way (WHW-22)
Inverarnan
5 miles
27West Highland Way (WHW-23)
Crianlarich
3 miles
28Access Road (WHW-24)
Crianlarich
1,827 ft
29West Highland Way (WHW-25)
Tyndrum
3,081 ft
30Access Road (WHW-26)
Tyndrum
1,906 ft
31West Highland Way (WHW-27)
Tyndrum
3,045 ft
32Access Road (WHW-28)
Tyndrum
515 ft
33Access Road (WHW)
Tyndrum
3 miles
34West Highland Way (WHW-30)
Tyndrum
5,197 ft
35West Highland Way (WHW-32)
Tyndrum
1,135 ft
36Access Road (WHW-33)
Tyndrum
436 ft
37Access Road (WHW-34)
Tyndrum
653 ft
38WHW: Tyndrum to Loch Lyon Access (WHW35)
Tyndrum
3 miles
39Access Road (WHW-36)
Bridge Of Orchy
1 mile
40Access Road (WHW-37)
Bridge Of Orchy
2 miles
41Lower Station Road (WHW)
Tyndrum
630 ft
42West Highland Way (WHW-39)
Bridge Of Orchy
2 miles
43West Highland Way (WHW-40)
Bridge Of Orchy
8 miles
44Access Road (WHW)
Glencoe Mountain Resort
3,839 ft
45West Highland Way (WHW-42)
Glencoe
3,379 ft
46Access Road (WHW-43)
Glencoe
581 ft
47Access Road (WHW-44)
Glencoe
1 mile
48West Highland Way (WHW-45)
Glencoe
2 miles
49Devil's Staircase (WHW-46)
Kinlochleven
1 mile
50Old Military Road (WHW-47)
Kinlochleven
3 miles
51Access Track (WHW-48)
Kinlochleven
6 miles
52WHW (WHW-49)
Kinlochleven
1 mile
53West Highland Way (WHW-50)
Kinlochleven
6 miles
54West Highland Way (WHW-51)
Fort William
3 miles
55Access Road
Glen Nevis
3 miles
56Access Road
Glen Nevis
1,122 ft
57West Highland Way (WHW-3)
Mugdock Park
5 miles
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West Highland Way (WHW-18)
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West Highland Way (WHW-19)
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West Highland Way (WHW-20)
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West Highland Way (WHW-17)
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West Highland Way (WHW-1)
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Total Distance
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Total Climb
12,081 ft
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