Loch Monar

#5086 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Loch Monar is a freshwater loch situated at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, in the West Highlands of Scotland. Since the 1960s, it has been dammed as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. ()

Alternative names: Length: 7.46 miWidth: 2851 ftElevation: 732 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 57°25'17"N, 5°5'5"W

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Loch Monar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Càrn nan Gobhar, Sgùrr Choinnich, An Riabhachan, Lurg Mhòr.

4.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Càrn nan Gobhar
118 min walk • Càrn nan Gobhar is a Scottish mountain situated on the northern side of Loch Mullardoch in the upper part of Glen Cannich. It stands some 50 kilometres west-southwest of the city of Inverness in a remote group of four Munros informally known as “The Mullardochs” which form the high ground between Loch Mullardoch and Loch Monar.
5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr Choinnich
128 min walk • Sgùrr Choinnich is a Munro in the highlands of Scotland, located in the Achnashellach Forest area between Glen Carron and Loch Monar. It is mostly a hill of steep, grassy slopes, with a narrow summit ridge that runs east/west. There are crags on the northern side of this ridge, looking down into the corrie of Coire Choinnich.
4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
An Riabhachan
106 min walk • An Riabhachan is a Scottish mountain in the Skye and Lochalsh district of the Highland council area. It is situated 35 kilometres east of Kyle of Lochalsh standing in an isolated position at the western end of Loch Mullardoch, ten kilometres from any public road.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lurg Mhòr
133 min walk • Lurg Mhòr is a remote 986-metre mountain, a Munro, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland at the high point of an east–west range of hills comprising Meall Mor, Lurg Mhòr and Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich.
3.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr na Lapaich
94 min walk • Sgurr na Lapaich is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, situated north of Loch Mullardoch in the high ground that separates Glen Cannich and Glen Strathfarrar. The mountain reaches a height of 1,150 metres, and is the fourth highest mountain north of the Great Glen.
6.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mòruisg
164 min walk • Mòruisg is a Scottish mountain situated in the Glencarron and Glenuig Forest, 10 kilometres south west of the village of Achnasheen in the Highland council area.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr nan Ceannaichean
150 min walk • Sgùrr nan Ceannaichean is a Scottish mountain situated 13 kilometres southwest of the village of Achnasheen on the southern side of Glen Carron within the Glencarron and Glenuig Forest in the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highland council area.