Loch Bad an Sgalaig

#3691 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5 mi south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland. ()

Length: 3485 ftWidth: 2640 ftMaximum depth: 64 ftElevation: 367 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 57°40'48"N, 5°36'19"W

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Loch Bad an Sgalaig – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gairloch Heritage Museum, Victoria Falls, Fairy Lochs, Gairloch Stone.

4.6 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Gairloch Heritage Museum, Gairloch
118 min walk • Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn. The museum moved to a new site in 2019- a former Cold War building that had been converted to house exhibitions.
2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Victoria Falls, Gairloch
68 min walk • Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the southern side of Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the north-west of Scotland. It is on the Abhainn Garbhaig, a short river that flows from Loch Garbhaig to Loch Maree. The falls are within Slattadale Forest, owned by the Forestry Commission.
2.7 miW
Memorial
Fairy Lochs
69 min walk • The Fairy Lochs is a recent English name for Na Lochan Sgeireach and are a small group of freshwater lochans approximately 2 mi south-east of the village of Badachro, near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands.
4.7 miNW
Stela
Gairloch Stone, Gairloch
120 min walk • The Gairloch Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone which was discovered at Achtercairn in Wester Ross around 1880. Subsequently, the stone was used as masonry for the cemetery wall of Gairloch's church.
4.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Maree
126 min walk • Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At 21.7 km long and with a maximum width of four kilometres, it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Baosbheinn
98 min walk • Baosbheinn is a Scottish mountain situated in the Torridon area of the Northwest Highlands. It stands in a remote area within the Flowerdale deer forest some 39 km NNE of Kyle of Lochalsh.
3.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
87 min walk • Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs.
3.1 miNE
Island
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
80 min walk • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree.
4 miE
Island
Garbh Eilean
102 min walk • Garbh Eilean is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Garbh Eilean lies between Eilean Sùbhainn and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr. The islands are among the least disturbed in Britain.
4.6 miE
Island
Eilean Sùbhainn
118 min walk • Eilean Sùbhainn is the largest of several small islands in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is the second largest freshwater island in Scotland after Inchmurrin. Lying 1 mile northeast of Talladale, the island is partially forested and uninhabited. It rises to 36 metres and extends to 118 hectares.