The Sow of Atholl, Cairngorms National Park

Name: The Sow of Atholl
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#61 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Sow of Atholl, Cairngorms National Park

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The Sow of Atholl is a Scottish hill which is situated 27 kilometres west-northwest of the town of Blair Atholl in Perth and Kinross council area. It stands on the western side of the Pass of Drumochter in a group of hills which lie around Coire Dhomhain. ()

Elevation: 2635 ftProminence: 545 ftCoordinates: 56°50'17"N, 4°15'19"W

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Cairngorms National Park United Kingdom

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The Sow of Atholl – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Càrn na Caim, Sgairneach Mhòr, A' Mharconaich, A' Bhuidheanach Bheag.

5.9 miNE
Mountain
Càrn na Caim, Dalwhinnie
151 min walk • Carn na Caim is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies on the border of Highland and Perth and Kinross, east of the Pass of Drumochter. Located on a high plateau, Carn na Caim is the higher of the two Munros above the Pass.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgairneach Mhòr, Cairngorms National Park
45 min walk • Sgairneach Mhòr is a Scottish mountain which lies in a group of seven Munros near the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and are known as the Drumochter mountains or informerly as the “A9 Munros”. The mountain is situated 13 km SSW of Dalwhinnie and four km east of the large Loch Ericht.
1.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
A' Mharconaich, Cairngorms National Park
49 min walk • A' Mharconaich is a Scottish mountain that is located 29 km WNW of Blair Atholl in the Highland council area. It is in a group of mountains that lie west of the A9 road near the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and are known accordingly as the Drumochter Hills.
3.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag, Cairngorms National Park
79 min walk • A' Bhuidheanach Bheag is a Scottish mountain situated on the eastern side of the Pass of Drumochter, some 24 km WNW of Blair Atholl.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Udlamain, Cairngorms National Park
73 min walk • Beinn Udlamain is a Scottish mountain which stands just to the west of the summit of the Pass of Drumochter and east of Loch Ericht, some 30 km west-northwest of the village of Blair Atholl.
6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Errochty
170 min walk • Loch Errochty is a man made freshwater loch situated within the Perth and Kinross council area at the edge of the Scottish Highlands near the Highland Boundary Fault where the topography changes to lowland.