Finnart Oil Terminal

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Finnart Oil Terminal, also known as Finnart Ocean Terminal or Chap Point, is an oil depot on the eastern shore of Loch Long, Firth of Clyde on the west coast of Scotland, about 2 miles to the north of Garelochhead on the A814 road to Arrochar. It has piers extending a short distance into the loch, providing a deep water berth for oil tankers up to 324,000 tonnes. Two pipelines connect the terminal across the width of Scotland to the Grangemouth Refinery on the Firth of Forth on the east coast, and extensive oil storage tanks have been built into the hillside on both sides of the main road. ()

Coordinates: 56°6'54"N, 4°49'55"W

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Finnart Oil Terminal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beinn Chaorach, Carrick Castle, Tullich Hill, Glen Douglas.

3.3 miSE
Mountain
Beinn Chaorach, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
86 min walk • Beinn Chaorach is a hill in the southern foothills of the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies in the Luss Hills of Argyll and Bute, between Loch Lomond and Loch Long.
2.9 miW
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Carrick Castle, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
74 min walk • Carrick Castle is a 14th-century tower house on the west shore of Loch Goil on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located between Cuilmuich and Carrick, 4 miles south of Lochgoilhead. The castle stands on a rocky peninsula, and was formerly defended to landward by a ditch and drawbridge.
4.8 miNE
Mountain
Tullich Hill, Tarbet
124 min walk • Tullich Hill is a hill in the southern Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies south of the village of Arrochar, between Loch Long and Loch Lomond in Argyll. An irregular, rocky hill, its most distinguished feature is the corrie on its southern slopes.
4.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Glen Douglas, Inverbeg
126 min walk • Glen Douglas is a glen in the southwest Scottish Highlands. It is drained by the Douglas Water, which discharges at the village of Inverbeg at its eastern end into Loch Lomond.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cnoc Coinnich, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
91 min walk • Cnoc Coinnich is a Corbett situated in Ardgoil in the Argyll & Bute council region and forms part of the Arrochar Alps. Cnoc Coinnich missed out on Corbett status by one metre until July 2016 when it was resurveyed at the instigation of the Scottish Mountaineering Club.
5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
The Brack, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
129 min walk • The Brack is a mountain, located in the Arrochar Alps, on the south side of Glen Croe, near Loch Goil in Argyll and Bute in Scotland.
2.6 miW
Park
Loch Goil
66 min walk • Loch Goil; is a small sea loch forming part of the coast of the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The sea loch is entirely within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It is an arm of Loch Long. The village of Lochgoilhead stands at its head.
3.3 miNE
Natural feature
Luss Hills, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
85 min walk • The Luss Hills are a hill range located in Argyll, Scotland. They are part of the southern foothills of the Grampian Mountains and lie west of Loch Lomond, above the village of Luss in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Glen Fruin, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
139 min walk • Glen Fruin is a glen in Scotland, adjacent to Loch Lomond. It contains the Fruin Water which flows into the loch, and a road, now the A817 road, known as the Glen Fruin Haul Road, which goes from the A82 up the glen and over the top of the hills to HMNB Clyde at Garelochhead.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tom nan Gamhna, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
101 min walk • Tom nan Gamhna is a mountain within the Ardgoil Peninsula and Arrochar Alps near Lochgoilhead in Argyll, Scottish Highlands. The mountain reaches a height of 389 m.
3.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Auchengaich Reservoir, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
80 min walk • National grid reference NS27609150 Auchengaich Reservoir was created in 1942 through the construction of an earthfill dam built by the military to supply water to Helensburgh and the Gareloch during World War II.