Beinn a' Bheithir

#1074 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Beinn a' Bheithir is a mountain lying to the south of Ballachulish, on the south side of Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands. It boasts two Munro summits: the higher peak Sgorr Dhearg lies about 2 km east of Sgorr Dhonuill. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 3360 ftProminence: 2392 ftCoordinates: 56°39'14"N, 5°10'17"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Beinn a' Bheithir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Henderson Stone, Ballachulish Bridge, Pap of Glencoe, Meall Mor.

3.4 miNE
Memorial
Henderson Stone, Glencoe
88 min walk • The Henderson Stone is a granite boulder in a field in the Glencoe area of Scotland. Clach Eanruig is translated alternatively as Henderson Stone or Henry's Stone.
2.5 miN
Bridge
Ballachulish Bridge
63 min walk • The Ballachulish Bridge is a bridge in the West Highlands of Scotland. It crosses the narrows between Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe, linking the villages of South Ballachulish and North Ballachulish.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pap of Glencoe, Glencoe
122 min walk • The Pap of Glencoe is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies at the western end of the Aonach Eagach ridge, directly above the point where the River Coe enters Loch Leven.
3 miE
Nature, Mountain
Meall Mor, Glencoe
77 min walk • Meall Mor is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies above the Glencoe village at the foot of Glen Coe in Lochaber, Scotland.
5.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Aonach Eagach, Glencoe
138 min walk • The Aonach Eagach is a rocky ridge lying to the north of Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands, boasting two Munro summits. In length the full ridge continues for 10 km from the Pap of Glencoe at the west to the eastern end at the Devil's Staircase.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Achtriochtan, Glencoe
136 min walk • Loch Achtriochtan or Loch Trychardan is a Scottish loch located to the east of Glencoe village in the Scottish Highlands. It is now under the care of the National Trust for Scotland.
3.3 miNE
56°40'58"N • 5°6'3"W
Glencoe Museum, Glencoe
86 min walk • History museum, Museum, City hall
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Glencoe Lochan, Glencoe
96 min walk • Glencoe Lochan is a tract of forest located just north of Glencoe village in the Scottish Highlands. It was planted in the 1890s by Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, with trees transplanted from the Pacific Northwest of Canada.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Fhionnlaidh
114 min walk • Beinn Fhionnlaidh is a mountain in the West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated between Glen Etive and Glen Creran, to the south of Glen Coe.
3.2 miN
Church
St Bride's Church, Onich
83 min walk • St Bride's Church is an Episcopal parish church in North Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands, within the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles. The listed structure was built in 1874 to a design by the Edinburgh architect J. Garden Brown.
2.6 miNE
Island
Eilean Munde, Ballachulish
68 min walk • Eilean Munde is a small uninhabited island in Loch Leven, close to Ballachulish. It is the site of a chapel built by St. Fintan Mundus, who travelled here from Iona in the 7th century. The church was burnt in 1495 and rebuilt in the 16th century. The last service in the church was held in July, 1653.

Beinn a' Bheithir

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Beinn a' Bheithir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)