This is cache number 2 in a series of 41 caches that have been placed along a 20 mile stretch of the Sal Sagev NCN7 Strip.
The El Cortez was opened in 1941. On February 22, 2013, the structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The same neon sign has been atop the casino since the 1940s.
You are on NCN Cycle Route 7 which passes through two National Parks - Loch Lomond & The Trossachs and Cairngorms. The route leaves Glasgow and heads to Inverness via Aberfoyle, Callander, Killin, Pitlochry, Kingussie, Aviemore and Carrbridge.
You are also on The Rob Roy Way, a seven day walk across the Southern Highlands of Scotland taking in some of the most beautiful countryside in the UK. Starting from Drymen it goes north east to finish in Pitlochry.
There is a BBC Railway Walks DVD with Julia Bradbury. Episode 6 "Gateway to the Highlands" features the Callander to Killin Railway line.
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Placed with the kind permission of the forestry commission.