A new viewpoint down the valley towards the west. Car parking and picnic site. It is a well-known fishing and sailing venue. A Galloway village that flourished before the improvements and clearances of the 1800s. Substantial ruins of houses, inn, workshops, barns and mill, with onsite interpretation boards.
Motor boat hire and launching facilities.
Scottish Canoeing Association canoe courses. Quad bikes and mountain bikes for hire. Rock-climbing and mountain walking will be available under skilled supervision shortly. More details of this and other nature reserves in Dumfries and Galloway in Nature Reserves . At the north end of Carsphairn village in a converted cottage.