Lochnagar, Cairngorms National Park

Name: Lochnagar
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Lochnagar or Beinn Chìochan is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about five miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral. It is a popular hill with hillwalkers, and is a noted venue for summer and winter climbing. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 3789 ftProminence: 2201 ftCoordinates: 56°57'37"N, 3°14'43"W

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Cairngorms National Park United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Glas-allt-Shiel, Braemar Castle, Crathie Kirk, Loch Muick.

3.1 miSE
Hiking, Wilderness hut
Glas-allt-Shiel, Cairngorms National Park
78 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.
6.7 miNW
Fortified castle with history exhibits
Braemar Castle, Braemar
170 min walk • Braemar Castle is situated near the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a possession of the chief of Clan Farquharson and is leased to a local charitable foundation. It is open to the public.
5.6 miN
Church
Crathie Kirk, Cairngorms National Park
144 min walk • Crathie Kirk is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of Crathie, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British royal family when they are in residence at the nearby Balmoral Castle.
3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Muick, Cairngorms National Park
87 min walk • Loch Muick is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately 5 mi south of Braemar, Scotland at the head of Glen Muick and within the boundary of the Balmoral estate.
2.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Falls of Glas Allt, Braemar
65 min walk • Falls of Glas Allt is a 50-metre waterfall near the head of Loch Muick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Queen Victoria liked to take walks here beside the stream flowing from Lochnagar down to Loch Muick.
2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Cairn, Cairngorms National Park
73 min walk • Broad Cairn is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about sixteen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
5.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Carn an Tuirc, Cairngorms National Park
142 min walk • Carn an Tuirc is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, located about two miles from the Glenshee Ski Centre near Braemar.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Callater, Cairngorms National Park
101 min walk • Loch Callater is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately 5 miles south of Braemar, Scotland. The loch trends in a northwest to southeast direction and is surrounded on both sides by steep hills. It is approximately 1.6 km in length. The loch was surveyed on 11 July 1905 by T.N. Johnston and L.W.
2.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Bannoch, Cairngorms National Park
66 min walk • Cairn Bannoch is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about seventeen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
4.4 miN
Memorial
Balmoral cairns, Cairngorms National Park
113 min walk • There are fourteen stone cairns on the Balmoral estate in Deeside, Scotland, including a single cairn on the adjoining Birkhall estate. The cairns commemorate members of the British royal family and events in their lives. The majority of the cairns were erected by Queen Victoria.
2.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dubh Loch, Cairngorms National Park
55 min walk • Dubh Loch is a small upland loch situated within the Balmoral Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is at an altitude of 637 metres, with a perimeter of 2.3 kilometres, and its outflow, Allt an Dubh-loch, empties into Loch Muick approximately 2 kilometres to the southeast near the royal lodge Glas-allt-Shiel.