John o' Groats Trail

The John o' Groats Trail is a Scottish long-distance walking route from Inverness to John o' Groats, traversing back lanes, footpaths, shorelines and cliff tops of the Scottish Highlands.

The trail gives access to accommodation, meals and shops at the end of each stage of the walk.

In a few places the trail requires crossing of barbed wire fences, river fording, boulder scrambling, and strenuous walking through summer vegetation.

After Tain, the trail mostly follows the coast, which begins as low sandy beaches in Sutherland and develops into cliffs in Caithness.

After Helmsdale the trail crosses the Ord of Caithness and goes past Badbea Clearance Village on the way to Berriedale.

After that, the trail goes past one of the highest sea arches on the British coast on the way to Wick.