South Fife offers numerous opportunities for walkers with small hills, stretches of coastal path and woodland areas.
Suggested below are a number of options for circular coastal walks. These walks make use of the Fife Coastal Path in one direction followed by a return to the start point using inland routes.
View and download South Fife walk route maps and GPX files from plotaroute.com
Hills: Benarty Hill (356m)
Multiple routes up Benarty Hill, the Sleeping Giant.
Hills: The Burntisland Binn (193m)
A selection of routes up this popular wee hill at the back of Burntisland.
Hills: Dunearn Hill (223.6m), Orrock Hill (205m), Baspard Hill (197m), Stoneyhall Hill (194m), Montquey Hill (164m)
Hills: Cullaloe Hills (219m), Pilkham Hills (194m), Templehall Hill (167m).
Distance: 10 miles or 3.8 miles
Ascent: 400m or 200m
Start/finish: Aberdour area
Hills: Hill of Beath (240m)
A selection of routes up this wee hill outside Dunfermline.
Hills: Craigbeath Hill (181m), Albion Park (169m), Bankhead of Raith (164m), Tollie Hill (159m), Cormie Hill (158m), Peathhill (103m), Letham Hill (99m), Rigghead Hill (95m), Castland Hill (85m), Pinnel Hill (82m), Hillfield Crescent (77.7m), Ferry Hills (71m).
A selection of other listed hills with Tump status (thirty metre and upwards prominence) in the south and west of Fife.
Distance: 6.2 miles
Ascent: 175m
Start/finish: Ferry Toll park and ride, Inverkeithing
Distance: 8 miles (can be shortened)
Ascent: 225m
Start/finish: Inverkeithing
Distance: 1.6 or 3.5 miles
Ascent: 50m or 125m
Start/finish: Braefoot, Aberdour
Distance: 3.7 miles or 6.2 miles
Ascent: 60 m or 120 m
Start/finish: Cornerstone Church Dalgety Bay
Distance: 2.8, 3 or 6.3 miles
Ascent: 100, 125 or 240m
Start/finish: Aberdour station
Distance: 6, 8.4, or 11 miles
Ascent: from 200m to 300m
Start/finish: Aberdour
Distance: 5.5 or 6.4 miles
Ascent: 150 or 250 m
(options to extend)
Start/finish: Burntisland
Distance: 6.5, 7.5, 10 and 11 miles
Ascent: from 200m to 370m
Start/finish: Kinghorn
Distance: 10 miles (can be shortened)
Ascent: 250m
Start/finish: Blairadam Forest, Kelty or Lochore Meadows Country Park
Distance: 3 miles or 3.5 miles
Ascent: 100m
The two suggested routes can be combined into one longer route.
Start/finish: Dalgety Bay station
Distance: 2.8 or 3.7 miles
Ascent: 100 or 120m
Start/finish: Kinghorn Loch
The two suggested routes can be combined into a longer route.
Distance: 4.3 or 6.6 miles
Ascent: 150m or 250m
Start/finish: Auchtertool
Routes to trig pillars in South Fife
Fife Walking 