Loch Skeen

#5370 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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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. The area around Loch Skeen is popular with hikers, and the Daily Telegraph included Loch Skeen in a list of Britain's finest one-day and half-day walks. It is the highest loch in the Southern Uplands at approximately 510m. ()

Elevation: 2133 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°25'60"N, 3°19'0"W

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

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

5.4 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Annandale Way
139 min walk • The Annandale Way is a captivating hiking trail that winds through the pastoral landscapes of the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway in the United Kingdom. This scenic route, which stretches for approximately 55 miles, offers hikers an opportunity to immerse...
5.1 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Southern Upland Way
131 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.
6.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
St Mary's Loch
165 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.
1.6 miSE
Trail, Waterfall, View point
Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat
41 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.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Law
120 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.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat
41 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.
2.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moffat Hills
70 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.
2.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
White Coomb
58 min walk • White Coomb is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
6.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Oliver Castle
175 min walk • Oliver Castle was a medieval tower house, located in the upper Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders. The site of the hillfort known as Oliver Castle is to the north of the village of Tweedsmuir, although the site of the tower house is less certain.
4.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Talla Reservoir
122 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.
3.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Megget Reservoir
101 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.