A small car park, with 2 spaces, can be found at Scotscalder railway station that is open, free, 24 hours a day.

There are several historic archaeological discoveries in the area surrounding Scotscalder ranging from the Romans to the Celts suggesting that there have been settlements here for millennia.

This makes it one of the least used stations in the whole of the UK and the least used on the Far North Line The local area surrounding and within Scotscalder is relatively small.

Walking from one place to another isn't advised due to lack of footpaths and long distances between villages sometimes.

The construction of the road, which possibly previously existed as a farm track or pack-horse route also allowed easy access to the nearby village of Halkirk where products could be sold locally.