A 711m summit inside the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park, with views to the Solway and the Isle of Man on a clear day. A genuine hill day over boggy moorland, best kept for settled weather given how exposed the summit is.
National Nature Reserve, well-known hill (711m) within Galloway Dark Sky Park core zone; robust and legal.
Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR car park off the Gatehouse-Newton Stewart road.
Waymarked path from car park toward the summit trig point.
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