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White cottage below a Highland loch flanked by autumn hills
Wester Ross

Loch Maree Viewpoint

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A large car park by Loch Maree, with a way down to the water.

One of Scotland’s largest freshwater lochs, it was named after St Mael Rubha, who founded a small chapel on one of the islands. Those islands aren’t easy to reach and they can’t be seen from here, but one is very special, being the only island in a loch which has its own loch with an island!

A short drive awayHillbillies BookstoreA small rural bookshop next door to the Mountain Coffee Company, Hillbillies is packed with quirky finds.9 min by roadSee itRed telephone box beside Hillbillies Bookstore and Trading Post's orange painted front
Close by
  1. The terraced walled garden at Inverewe, curving beds running down towards the loch and hills.Inverewe Garden2 miles4 min by road
  2. The crowded shelves and tables of the Hillbillies bookshop beside the Mountain Coffee Co in Gairloch.Mountain Coffee Co5 miles8 min by road
  3. Sandy bay curves between rocky hills, tide out and turquoise water belowGruinard Bay11 miles15 min by road
  4. Victoria Falls dropping in a white thread through a steep gorge thick with green trees.Victoria FallsA waterfall in a wooded gorge above Loch Maree, a short walk from the road, named after Queen Victoria, who came here in 1877.13 miles18 min by road
  5. Sandy dunes frame a beach with distant hills across calm blue waterMellon UdrigleA hamlet in Wester Ross at the end of a single-track road from Laide, with a white-sand beach.13 miles17 min by road
Directions
Loch Coruisk valley beneath the jagged Cuillin ridge under grey cloudsAttractionsLoch Maree3.6 miles over the water
Red telephone box beside Hillbillies Bookstore and Trading Post's orange painted frontShoppingHillbillies Bookstore5.1 miles
Turquoise sea loch curves between rocky hills and a pebbled shorelineAttractionsGruinard Bay Viewpoint13 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near Loch Maree Viewpoint, and when each is next free.

A gable-fronted white and stone house glows from within at dusk, its triangular glazed end lit against the darkening hillside.The Net Store
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Ardheslaig
  • 15 miles from Loch Maree Viewpoint
Check datesA white two-storey house stands on a grassy point above a rocky shoreline, pine trees rising behind it at sunset.Rhuroin
  • Sleeps 3
  • In Wester Ross
  • 16 miles from Loch Maree Viewpoint
Check datesFjell, Wester RossFjell
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Wester Ross
  • 20 miles from Loch Maree Viewpoint
Free 12–14 NovThe timber-clad house's cantilevered corner overlooks a loch framed by hills, bare trees in the foreground.Fjord
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Wester Ross
  • 20 miles from Loch Maree Viewpoint
Free 16–18 OctPlaces to stayEvery stay in Wester RossAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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