Photo along the John Muir Way, a long-distance trail running from Helensburgh to Dunbar, Scotland.

John Muir WayPhoto Emre Acar / Pexels

Places to explore near Cumbernauld StationCumbernauld

20 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo along the John Muir Way, a long-distance trail running from Helensburgh to Dunbar, Scotland.

John Muir Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A coast-to-coast across Scotland's waist, from Helensburgh to the conservationist's birthplace at Dunbar.

4 km NW · spans 9 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Antonine Wall - Dullatur

Frontier wall near Kirkintilloch

Antonine Wall and fort, railway line to 300m E of Westerwood steading

3.5 km N

Antonine Wall - Tollpark

Frontier wall near Cumbernauld

Antonine Wall, N of Cumbernauld airfield to Wyndford Road

4 km N

Antonine Wall, Croy Hill

Frontier wall near Kirkintilloch

Antonine Wall, camp, fortlet, fort and settlement, Croy Hill

4.2 km NW

Photo along the Forth & Clyde and Union Canal Towpath, a long-distance trail running from Bowling to Edinburgh, central Scotland.

Forth & Clyde and Union Canal Towpath

Scotland's Great Trail

Sixty-six miles of canal towpath coast to coast across central Scotland, from Bowling on the Clyde to Edinburgh

4.3 km N · spans 7 counties

Photo of the Forth & Clyde Canal, a 35-mile canal running from Grangemouth to Bowling, central Scotland.

Forth & Clyde Canal

Scotland's coast-to-coast canal of 1790, reopened in 2001 and turned by the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies into modern landmarks.

4.3 km N · spans 5 counties

Antonine Wall (North Lanarkshire)

Frontier wall near Cumbernauld

Antonine Wall, Wyndford Road to Castlecary

4.5 km N

Antonine Wall, Castlecary

Frontier wall near Cumbernauld

Antonine Wall and fort, Castlecary

5.1 km NE

Antonine Wall, Bar Hill

Frontier wall near Kirkintilloch

Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way

5.9 km W

Antonine Wall, Seabegs Wood

Frontier wall near Airth

Antonine Wall, Seabegs Wood, rampart, ditch and Military Way

7.4 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (10) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Antonine Wall, HillheadFrontier wall9.7 km W
Antonine Wall (Falkirk)Frontier wall9.8 km NE
Carrickstone Roman altarFrontier wall2.4 km NW
Battle of KilsythBattlefield4.3 km N
Antonine Wall, Cuilmuir View, CroyFrontier wall4.6 km NW
Antonine Wall, CroyFrontier wall4.9 km NW
Mollins Roman fortRoman archaeological site5.4 km SW
Bar Hill, Roman temporary camp SW ofFrontier wall6 km W
Antonine Wall, TwecharFrontier wall7.1 km W
Darrach HillCounty top8.9 km N

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.