Some of the trails in Fetteresso are closed for harvesting work. Signs tell you which routes are affected.
There are three car parks around Fetteresso forest that link onto the waymarked trails.
Hill of Three Stones
This car park is set among tall conifers just within the forest edge, and gives direct access to the yellow Hill of Three Stones waymarked trail.
Quithel
Parking space at the Quithel car park is very limited, but it gives good access to two waymarked trails (red Finglennie and blue Trusta).
Swanley
This small car park is near the public road and has an information board. A white waymarked trail leads 3.5km through the forest to join the blue waymarked Trusta Trail.
Walking trails
Cycling trails
How to get there:
Fetteresso Car Parks is in Fetteresso which is part of Fetteresso Forest. Stonehaven, Durris, Crathes, and and Banchory are the nearest towns or villages.
Three Stones Car Park
If driving on the Slug Road (A957) from Crathes to Stonehaven go over the brow of the hill, then under the power line and the turn off is sign posted roughly 200m on your right after the power line. The car park is on the right of this track, just within the forest.
Swanley
If driving on the Slug Road between Banchory and Stonehaven, take the unclassified road to your right approx. 1.25 km past the power line, follow this road for approx. 5 km and the entrance is sign posted on your right.
Quithel
If driving north on the dual carriageway just past the Stonehaven turnoff, take the first exit left after you have gone under the railway bridge, then first right along an unclassified public road. Follow this road for approx. 8km then turn right up another unclassified public road. This road is steep and leads past buildings and stables. At the end of the road there is a layby which can hold two or three cars at the entrance to the forest.
OS Grid Reference: NO 790 893 (Three Stones), NO 774 855 (Quithel) and NO 830 872 (Swanley)