Eilean Sùbhainn

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Eilean Sùbhainn is the largest of several small islands in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is the second largest freshwater island in Scotland after Inchmurrin. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°41'27"N, 5°28'54"W

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Eilean Sùbhainn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Victoria Falls, Poolewe Village Hall, Slioch, A' Mhaighdean.

2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Victoria Falls, Gairloch
52 min walk • Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the southern side of Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the north-west of Scotland. It is on the Abhainn Garbhaig, a short river that flows from Loch Garbhaig to Loch Maree. The falls are within Slattadale Forest, owned by the Forestry Commission.
6.9 miNW
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Poolewe Village Hall
175 min walk • The Poolewe Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone discovered in 1992 in the cemetery at Poolewe in Wester Ross. The stone carries the common Pictish depictions of a crescent and v-rod.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Slioch
134 min walk • Slioch is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands situated in Wester Ross, eight kilometres north of the village of Kinlochewe. Slioch reaches a height of 981 metres and towers above the south east end of Loch Maree to give one of the best known and most photographed sights in the Highlands.
5.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
A' Mhaighdean
137 min walk • A' Mhaighdean is one of the least accessible of the munros in northern Scotland. It is 8 miles north of Kinlochewe but most easily accessible from Poolewe, taking a private road South East to Kernsary. A good track then leads to the causeway between the Fionn Loch and Dubh Loch.
6.2 miSE
Mountain
Meall a' Ghiubhais
159 min walk • Meall a' Ghiubhais is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands, Scotland. It lies in Wester Ross, close to the village of Kinlochewe. The mountain is a steep, rugged peak, with a straightforward if pathless, unmarked climb to its summit from the Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve circular path.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Maree
12 min walk • Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At 21.7 km long and with a maximum width of four kilometres, it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Baosbheinn
138 min walk • Baosbheinn is a Scottish mountain situated in the Torridon area of the Northwest Highlands. It stands in a remote area within the Flowerdale deer forest some 39 km NNE of Kyle of Lochalsh.
4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bad an Sgalaig
118 min walk • Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5 mi south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland.
1.9 miW
Island
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
49 min walk • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree.
0.9 miNW
Island
Garbh Eilean
23 min walk • Garbh Eilean is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Garbh Eilean lies between Eilean Sùbhainn and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr. The islands are among the least disturbed in Britain.