Driesh, Cairngorms National Park

Name: Driesh
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#68 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Driesh is a mountain located in the Grampians of Scotland. Apart from Mount Keen, it is the most easterly of the Munro peaks. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 3107 ftProminence: 453 ftCoordinates: 56°50'53"N, 3°11'47"W

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Cairngorms National Park United Kingdom

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Driesh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glas-allt-Shiel, Mayar, Corrie Fee, Broad Cairn.

5.5 miN
Hiking, Wilderness hut
Glas-allt-Shiel, Cairngorms National Park
140 min walk • Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert.
1.9 miW
Mountain
Mayar
48 min walk • Mayar is a mountain in the Grampians, in Angus, Scotland. It is usually climbed together with its near neighbour, Driesh. At an elevation of 928m, it is the 564th highest peak in the British Isles and the 253rd tallest in Scotland.
1.5 miNW
Protected area
Corrie Fee
38 min walk • Corrie Fee is a glacier-carved corrie situated at the head of Glen Clova in the Angus Glens of Scotland. It forms part of Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve, which is managed by NatureScot and lies within the Cairngorms National Park.
5.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Cairn, Cairngorms National Park
136 min walk • Broad Cairn is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about sixteen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
6.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Bannoch, Cairngorms National Park
161 min walk • Cairn Bannoch is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about seventeen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
5.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn of Claise, Cairngorms National Park
146 min walk • Cairn of Claise is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about three miles from the Glenshee Ski Center near Braemar.