Dumfries
One day in Dumfries, United Kingdom
A day through Dumfries’s best-known sights that lie close together: Dalswinton Castle, Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Ellisland Farm and Friars Carse. 4 stops, about 2.2 mi between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Dalswinton CastleCastle · On the map
- Garden of Cosmic SpeculationMuseum · 0.7 mi on from Dalswinton Castle · On the map
- Ellisland FarmMuseum · 0.7 mi on from Garden of Cosmic Speculation · On the map
- Friars CarseCastle · 0.7 mi on from Ellisland Farm · On the map
4 stops, about 2.2 mi between them in straight lines.
More for Dumfries
- Things to do in Dumfries, United Kingdom · 38 places to see, led by Caerlaverock Castle and Drumlanrig Castle
Day trips from Dumfries
- Edinburgh63 mi awayEdinburgh Castle6 stops in a day, starting at National Museum of Scotland
- Glasgow60 mi awayKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum6 stops in a day, starting at Glasgow Botanic Gardens
- Carlisle29 mi awayCarlisle Cathedral35 places to see, led by Carlisle Cathedral and Carlisle Castle
- Newcastle upon Tyne80 mi awayTurbinia6 stops in a day, starting at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Photo credits
- Garden of Cosmic Speculation: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ellisland Farm: Rosser1954, Public domain
- Friars Carse: Rosser1954, Public domain
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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