Inverpolly, Achiltibuie

Name: Inverpolly
Address: Achiltibuie, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Achiltibuie

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Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans. For many years the area was designated national nature reserve but since 2004, the designation has been limited to the area of Knockan Crag. ()

Coordinates: 58°3'21"N, 5°12'11"W

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Achiltibuie United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Stac Pollaidh, Canisp, Suilven, Sgurr an Fhidhleir.

0.8 miS
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Stac Pollaidh, Achiltibuie
21 min walk • Stac Pollaidh IPA: is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies.
7.1 miNE
Mountain
Canisp, North West Highlands Geopark
182 min walk • Canisp is a mountain in the far north west of Scotland. It is situated in the parish of Assynt, in the county of Sutherland, 25 kilometres north of the town of Ullapool. Canisp reaches a height of 847 metres and qualifies as a Corbett and Marilyn hill. The mountain's name translates from the Old Norse language as “White Mountain”.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Suilven, Lochinver
122 min walk • Suilven is a mountain in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs, and lochans known as Inverpolly National Nature Reserve.
4.1 miS
Mountain
Sgurr an Fhidhleir, Assynt
106 min walk • Sgurr an Fhidhleir is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the Coigach area of Ross and Cromarty. Its summit lies atop a spectacular vertical 500m high cliff.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cùl Mòr
81 min walk • Cùl Mòr is a shapely, twin summited mountain in the far north west of Scotland whose higher summit is the highest point of Inverpolly. It is almost completely separated from its southern neighbour, Cùl Beag.
3.7 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Falls of Kirkaig, Lochinver
95 min walk • The Falls of Kirkaig are a waterfall in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. The fall is located on the River Kirkaig, south by southeast of the village of Lochinver, on the main approach footpath to Suilven mountain.
3.4 miS
Mountain
Beinn an Eoin, Assynt
87 min walk • Beinn an Eoin is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the remote Coigach area in the far northwest of Scotland, north of Ullapool.
2.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cùl Beag
68 min walk • Cùl Beag is a mountain in Coigach, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is 15 km north of Ullapool and lies to the south of Cùl Mòr, and to the east of the better-known but lower Stac Pollaidh.
5.1 miE
58°2'5"N • 5°4'13"W
Knockan Crag Visitor Centre, North West Highlands Geopark
130 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ben Mor Coigach, Achiltibuie
124 min walk • Ben Mor Coigach is the highest point along a ridge rising steeply from Loch Broom, in the far north-west of Scotland. It rises above the Coigach peninsula, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, 10 kilometres north-west of Ullapool, reaching a height of 743 metres.
5.2 miE
National park
Knockan Crag
132 min walk • Knockan Crag lies within the North West Highlands Geopark in the Assynt region of Scotland 21 kilometres north of Ullapool.