Forest Access Gate – The Ice House Ruins loop from Salt & Pine

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Forest Access Gate – The Ice House Ruins loop from Salt & Pine

Easy

4.8

(4)

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Forest Access Gate – The Ice House Ruins loop from Salt & Pine

01:38

18.3km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve

Waypoints

Start point

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3.03 km

March Stone Boundary Marker

Highlight • Monument

Erected in 1794 as a boundary marker for fishing rights.

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6.46 km

Tayport Heath, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you go down to the woods today. ... Take a chainsaw.

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10.5 km

Forest Access Gate

Highlight • Rest Area

130cm passing space around side of gate

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10.9 km

Polish Camp (WWII)

Ruins

12.9 km

Accessible Public Toilet

Highlight • Rest Area

13.0 km

Picnic Area at Tentsmuir Forest Car Park

Highlight • Rest Area

13.3 km

Salt and Pine

Highlight • Cafe

Tentsmuir offers opportunity for some short gravel ridding. As an alternative approach route cycle across moore to the south, picking up coast at Lechuars skirting around the north edge of …

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15.8 km

Adaptive Riders Collective Shelter, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Rest Area

Interesting structure located slightly off the main track.

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15.9 km

The Ice House Ruins

Highlight • Structure

Ice taken from local ponds in winter was packed round fish stored in here to help preserve them for onward travel.

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18.3 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.4 km

2.64 km

2.14 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.6 km

2.49 km

146 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Wednesday 7 October

13°C

5°C

84 %

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Forest Access Gate – The Ice House Ruins loop from Salt & Pine

March Stone Boundary Marker

Tayport Heath, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve

Forest Access Gate

Accessible Public Toilet

Picnic Area at Tentsmuir Forest Car Park

Salt and Pine

Adaptive Riders Collective Shelter, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve

The Ice House Ruins

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