An Stùc

#1915 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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An Stùc, meaning "The Peak" in Gaelic, is a conically shaped Scottish mountain in the Ben Lawers range to the north of Loch Tay. It has been listed as a Munro since 1997, having previously been considered a subsidiary top of the Ben Lawers range. It lies on the main ridge of the Ben Lawers range, and its southern and eastern slopes form part of the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve, which is owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 3665 ftProminence: 417 ftCoordinates: 56°33'37"N, 4°12'57"W

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An Stùc – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ben Lawers, Loch Tay, Càrn Gorm, Beinn Ghlas.

2.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ben Lawers
55 min walk • Ben Lawers is the highest mountain in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands. It lies to the north of Loch Tay, and is the highest point of a long ridge that includes seven Munros.
3.5 miSE
Loch with a reconstructed crannog
Loch Tay
90 min walk • Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas. It is the largest body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross, and the sixth largest loch in Scotland.
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Càrn Gorm
111 min walk • Càrn Gorm is a Scottish mountain situated 22 km west of Aberfeldy in the council area of Perth and Kinross, it stands in a group of four Munros known as the Càrn Mairg group or the Glen Lyon Horseshoe on the north side of Glen Lyon.
1.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Ghlas
48 min walk • Beinn Ghlas is a mountain in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of Loch Tay and is part of the Ben Lawers Range.
0.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meall Garbh
14 min walk • Meall Garbh is a mountain in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands. With Meall Greigh it forms the north-eastern end of the Ben Lawers range. Its craggy south face overlooks Lochan nan Cat. The summit is not easily seen from the A827 road, from where the ascent is usually started.
5.6 miW
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Meggernie Castle
143 min walk • Meggernie Castle is a castle in the heart of Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland. It is located halfway up Glenlyon, where the river Lyon flows through on its way to join the river Tay, shortly below Loch Tay.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Glen Lyon
104 min walk • Glen Lyon is a glen in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland. It is the longest enclosed glen in Scotland and runs for 34 miles from Loch Lyon in the west to the village of Fortingall in the east. This glen was also known as An Crom Ghleann.
2.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meall Greigh
56 min walk • Meall Greigh is a mountain in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands. With Meall Garbh it forms the north-eastern end of the Ben Lawers range.
4.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meall nan Tarmachan
108 min walk • Meall nan Tarmachan is a mountain in the Southern Highlands of Scotland near Killin just west of Ben Lawers. It is often climbed as part of the Tarmachan ridge, the other peaks of which are Meall Garbh, Beinn nan Eachan and Creag na Caillich; these three peaks are Tops rather than Munros, and lie to the south-west of Meall nan Tarmachan.
5.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meall Garbh
137 min walk • Meall Garbh is a mountain on the north side of Glen Lyon in the Scottish Highlands. The flat summit of the hill has two tops of almost equal height, the north-west one being considered the higher.
5 miNE
Nature, Mountain
Càrn Mairg
128 min walk • Càrn Mairg is a Scottish mountain located 18 km west of Aberfeldy in the Perth and Kinross council area. It stands on the northern side of Glen Lyon in a cluster of four Munros known as the Càrn Mairg group which are situated in a semi circle around the Invervar Burn.