Beinn na Caillich, Kyleakin

Name: Beinn na Caillich
Address: Kyleakin, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Kyleakin

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Beinn na Caillich is a mountain at the eastern end of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. It is situated to the west of Kyle Rhea, about 4 km south-east of Kyleakin. Confusingly, there is another hill named Beinn na Caillich on Skye with an identical height in the Red Cuillin, 4 km west of Broadford. ()

Elevation: 2402 ftProminence: 505 ftCoordinates: 57°14'34"N, 5°41'48"W

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Kyleakin United Kingdom

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Beinn na Caillich – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skye Bridge, Glenelg Inn, Caisteal Maol, Dun Telve.

2.9 miNW
Bridge
Skye Bridge, Isle of Skye
74 min walk • The Skye Bridge is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn. The name is also used for the whole Skye Crossing, which further connects Eilean Bàn to the mainland across the Carrich Viaduct.
3.5 miSE
Nightlife, Restaurant
Glenelg Inn, Glenelg
89 min walk • Glenelg Inn is a public house and inn in the village of Glenelg in the Highlands of Scotland. The current building dates to the second half of the 20th century, but remnants of the previous structure — the "imposing" Glenelg Hotel, which was largely destroyed in a 1947 fire — still stand.
2.2 miNW
Castle ruins from the 15th century
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
57 min walk • Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Maol, Dun Akyn, Dunakin Castle Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin.
5.1 miSE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Dun Telve, Glenelg
130 min walk • Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland.
6.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Dun Grugaig, Glenelg
170 min walk • Dun Grugaig is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located about 7 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland.
5.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Dun Troddan, Glenelg
135 min walk • Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.
0.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr na Coinnich, Kyleakin
17 min walk • Sgùrr na Coinnich is the highest peak on the Sleat peninsula at the east end of the Isle of Skye. Together with its slightly lower neighbour, Beinn na Caillich, it overlooks the Skye Bridge that links the towns of Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin.
3.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
87 min walk • Bernera Barracks is located in Glenelg in the West Highlands of Scotland. The barracks were constructed between 1717 and 1723 as part of a campaign by the British government to subdue the local population which had risen up in arms in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and which would do so again in 1745.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Achaidh na h-Inich
142 min walk • Loch Achaidh na h-Inich is a freshwater loch in Scotland, located around 3 kilometres south-south-east of Plockton, 2 kilometres east of Duirinish, 2 km north-north-east of Balmacara, and half a kilometre south-east of Loch Lundie.
3 miNW
Small island with a lighthouse
Eilean Bàn
77 min walk • Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. The Skye Bridge uses the island as a stepping-stone as it crosses the mouth of Loch Alsh from the mainland to Skye.
2.3 miNE
Sea inlet with numerous flame shells
Loch Alsh, Kyleakin
60 min walk • Loch Alsh is a sea inlet between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The name is also used to describe the surrounding country and the feudal holdings around the loch.

Beinn na Caillich, Kyleakin

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Beinn na Caillich – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)