River Garnock

River Garnock
"The Spout"
Location
Country	Scotland
Region	North Ayrshire
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Hill of Stake, Ayrshire, Scotland
• elevation	522 m (1,713 ft)
Mouth
• location	Firth of Clyde, Irvine
Length	39 km (24 mi)

The River Garnock (Scottish Gaelic: Gairneag / Abhainn Ghairneig), the smallest of Ayrshire's six principal rivers,^[1] has its source on the southerly side of the Hill of Stake in the heart of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. About a mile and a half south of this starting point the untested stream tumbles over the Spout of Garnock, the highest waterfall in Ayrshire, once thought to be the river's origin. The river then continues, for a total length of 20 miles (32 km) or so, through the towns of Kilbirnie, Glengarnock, Dalry and Kilwinning to its confluence with the River Irvine at Irvine Harbour.

The main tributaries are the Rye Water and Caaf Water which join north and south of Dalry respectively and the Lugton Water which joins just south of Kilwinning.