The Loch Lommond and Trossachs National Park

Over 100 years ago Scot John Muir took the concept of a National Park to America to help establish the Yosemite National Park. Since these early days the John Muir Trust has worked to protect areas of Scotland such as the purchase of Ben Nevis.

About 50 years after the formation of the Yosemite Park in America such parks were setup in England & Wales. Now the first National Park in Scotland has been opened in the region of Loch Lommond and the Trossachs, a second park is planned in the future for the Cairngorms.

The boundry of the park extends from Helensburgh near Glasgow in the south, east to Callander and St Fillans, west to Tyndrum and Lochgoilhead, and north to Killin and Glen Dochart.

For further Information today try these sites.

The Loch Lommond and the Trossachs National Park
www.loch-lomond.net/park/national_park.html

The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Interim Committee
www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/

The John Muir Trust.
www.jmt.org/index.html