page_title: National Cycle Route 78
section_title: Oban to Fort William
hierarchical_section_title: National Cycle Route 78 / Route / Oban to Fort William
caption_attribution_description: English: Castle Stalker. View of Castle Stalker with Lismore Island behind taken from the A828.
context_page_description: National Cycle Route 78 runs from Campbeltown to Inverness. It was officially launched as the Caledonia Way in 2016 as part of the wider redevelopment of Scotland's cycle network.
  It runs from the Kintyre peninsula to the Great Glen and the route varies from on road to traffic-free forest trails and canal paths.
context_section_description: A large proportion of the route from Oban to Ballachulish follows the route of the Ballachulish branch of the Callander and Oban Railway, while the last section from Corran to Fort William uses two ferries to follow the east coast of Ardour.
  From Oban the route follows minor roads to South Connel, where it crosses Connel Bridge and follows Observer Corps Post Road past Oban Airport.  It then follows the old railway bed until just north of Benderloch, where it runs on a dedicated cycleway alongside the A828 to Barcaldine.  In Barcaldine it runs on minor roads through the back of the village, and emerges to run alongside the A828 again, before rising slightly to follow the old railway bed again, this time on the inland side of the main road.  At Creagan, it rejoins the A828 to cross a bridge, and then rejoins the railway bed shortly thereafter.
  Across the Appin peninsula the main route continues to follow the old railway line, but an alternative route follows the coast of the peninsula on minor roads past the Lismore ferry at Port Appin.  After the routes rejoin, they follow the railway bed past Castle Stalker.  At the foot of Glen Sallachan, the route rejoins the A828 as far as Duror.  It follows minor roads and a dedicated path through Duror to Kentallen, from where it follows the old railway bed as far as the Ballachulish Bridge.  From here it is possible to reach Ballachulish and Glencoe Village.
  The NCN78 itself crosses the bridge and follows alongside the A82 through Onich to Corran, where it cross the Corran Ferry to Ardgour.  Here it follows the A861 northwards along the west shore of Loch Linnhe as far as Camusnagaul, from where a passenger / cyclist ferry connects to Fort William.
caption: Castle Stalker, near Appin
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