Rowardennan Youth Hostel
Laze on the beach, fish, or walk the West Highland Way, which passes close to the Hostel door. Ben Lomond (3,192ft), Scotland's most southerly Munro, is a fine walk hillwalk. Set in the heart of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park the hostel offers great facilities and an unrivalled
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Ben Lomond (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laomainn, 'Beacon Peak'), 974 m (3196 feet), is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is east of Loch Lomond, and is the most southerly of the Munros.
Its accessibility from Glasgow and elsewhere in central Scotland, together with the relative ease of ascent from Rowardennan, from where a well trodden track runs all the way to the summit, makes it one of the most popular of all the Munros. For this reason, it is often referred to as "Glasgow's Hill", and is seen as a gateway symbol to the Highlands by Clydesiders. On a clear day, it is perfectly visible from the higher ground areas of Glasgow. Indeed its wide visibility (notably eastwards across the low-lying central valley of Scotland) may have led it being named 'Beacon Peak'. Cf. the equally far-seen East and West Lomond in Fife.
