Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park protects the region where Scottish tourism first took off in Victorian times. The result is a mix of quite commercial attractions in the valleys and wilder spots in the mountains.

As the park's name suggests, it splits into two sections: the busier part is around giant Loch Lomond and just north of Glasgow, which is also where the West Highland Way, Scotland's most popular long-distance hiking trail, starts. The popular mountain Ben Lomond, Scotland's most southerly Monro (mountain over 3,000 ft) is also in this section of the park. Meanwhile crowds thin in its western reaches, in the Arrochar Alps, where wonderful peaks like The Cobbler beckon.