Criffel

#4450 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Criffel is a hill in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is 570 m high but appears higher because of its great isolation and high prominence. It is a prominent feature in many of the views from the northern Lake District on a clear day. It is surrounded by a host of satellites, including Long Fell, Maidenpap and Bainloch Hill. The slopes of Criffel feature the upland vegetation of heather, bog cotton and blaeberry and are inhabited by skylarks. Loch Kindar sits at the foot of the hill. A new path to the summit is currently finishing construction. ()

Elevation: 1870 ftProminence: 1601 ftCoordinates: 54°56'26"N, 3°37'46"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Criffel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caerlaverock Castle, Sweetheart Abbey, National Museum of Costume, Southerness lighthouse.

4.8 miNE
Unique triangular medieval fortress
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries
124 min walk • Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
2.8 miN
Ruins, Historical place, Architecture
Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries
71 min walk • The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles south of Dumfries.
3 miN
Museum, History museum
National Museum of Costume
76 min walk • The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland.
4.9 miS
Lighthouse
Southerness lighthouse
126 min walk • Southerness lighthouse is located at the village of Southerness in South West Scotland. It is at present the second oldest lighthouse in Scotland.
6.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Drumcoltran Tower
172 min walk • Drumcoltran Tower is a late-16th-century tower house situated in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire near Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway.
3.5 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
John Paul Jones Cottage Museum
89 min walk • The John Paul Jones Cottage Museum is located on the Arbigland Estate near Kirkbean in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The cottage is where John Paul Jones, hero of the American Revolutionary War and founder of the United States Navy, was born in 1747.
5.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lochaber Loch
146 min walk • Lochaber Loch is a small, lowland freshwater loch that lies among steep-sided hills, approximately 4.5 mi to the west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch is somewhat triangular in shape and is 0.5 mi long and 0.25 mi at its widest point. It has an average depth of 20.5 ft and is 55 ft at its deepest.
3 miSW
Forts and castles
Auchenskeoch Castle
77 min walk • Auchenskeoch Tower is a 17th-century tower house situated in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is near Dalbeattie in the civil parish of Colvend and Southwick, in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
3.1 miN
Forts and castles
Abbot's Tower
80 min walk • Abbot's Tower is a late-16th-century tower house situated near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that was built by the Abbot of Sweetheart Abbey.