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The John Muir Way is a continuous long distance route in Scotland, UK. It is named in honour of the Scottish 19th-century conservationist John Muir, who was born at Dunbar, East Lothian, in 1838 and became a founder of America's national park system. The route runs between Helensburgh and Dunbar. It opened on 21 April 2014. Previously a shorter 'John Muir Way' existed only in East Lothian, but now the majority of this older route is now absorbed into the much longer new route. A shorter section of older route from Dunbar to the Scottish Borders will be renamed. The John Muir Way is signposted throughout using a purple-brown logo. Along the road is ''Kelpies'', the largest equine sculpture in the world. ==Route== Taking the trail from west to east, the John Muir Way starts in Helensburgh, from where he left Scotland for the United States. The trail follows over the hills, providing views of Loch Lomond and the Trossach mountains, before descending into Balloch, with its National Park centre. This is one of the wilder sections of the route with the most rugged terrain: windswept, high moorland with little shelter. From here the route winds its way towards Strathblane and Scotland's most famous long distance walk, the West Highland Way which it crosses near Dumgoyne hill and Glengoyne Distillery. At Kirkintilloch, the trail picks up the Union Canal and heads to Falkirk and its wheel which provides a link between waterways for travelling craft. Roman forts and the Antonine Wall are the next attractions en route to the ancient town of Linlithgow and its impressive palace of Mary Queen of Scots. It leaves Linlithgow with its low lying loch for the seashore and the harbour town of Bo'ness, coasting along to Blackness castle and the bridge town of South Queensferry. The trail follows the greener places in the capital city, Edinburgh, before guiding travellers east, past famous, coastal birding and golf spots via Aberlady and North Berwick. The trail ends in Dunbar, where Muir was born and there is a museum dedicated to him.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Muir Way」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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