Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat

Name: Grey Mare's Tail
Address: Moffat, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Moffat

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Grey Mare's Tail is a 60-metre hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland. The fall is produced by the Tail Burn flowing from Loch Skeen cascading into the Moffat Water in the lower valley below. ()

Alternative names: Height: 197 ftCoordinates: 55°25'3"N, 3°17'15"W

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Moffat United Kingdom

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Grey Mare's Tail – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southern Upland Way, St Mary's Loch, Grey Mare's Tail, Broad Law.

4.8 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Southern Upland Way
123 min walk • The Southern Upland Way is a 344-kilometre coast-to-coast long-distance footpath in southern Scotland. The route links Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east via the hills of the Southern Uplands.
6.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
St Mary's Loch
164 min walk • St Mary's Loch is the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders, and is situated on the south side of the A708 road between Selkirk and Moffat, about 72 kilometres south of Edinburgh.
~0 ftN
Trail, Waterfall, View point
Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat
1 min walk • Grey Mare's Tail is a 60-metre hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland. The fall is produced by the Tail Burn flowing from Loch Skeen cascading into the Moffat Water in the lower valley below.
6.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Law
157 min walk • Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 metres and an isolation of 81 kilometres.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moffat Hills
97 min walk • The Moffat Hills are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They form a roughly triangular shape with a west facing side, a north facing side, and a south-east facing side.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
White Coomb
80 min walk • White Coomb is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Skeen
41 min walk • Loch Skeen or Loch Skene is a loch in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. It is located about 10 miles to the north-east of Moffat and feeds the 60-metre high Grey Mare's Tail waterfall.
5.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Croft Head
150 min walk • Croft Head is a hill in the Ettrick Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It offers unobstructed views to the Solway Firth, the fells and mountains of Cumbria and the Pennines to the south and east.
6.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Talla Reservoir
162 min walk • Talla Reservoir, located a mile from Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland, is an earth-work dam fed by Talla Water. The reservoir is supplemented by water from the nearby Fruid Reservoir. It was opened in 1905.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Megget Reservoir
121 min walk • Megget Reservoir is an impounding reservoir in the Megget valley in Ettrick Forest, in the Scottish Borders. The 259 hectares reservoir is held back by the largest earth dam in Scotland.