Cairn Gorm, Cairngorms National Park

Name: Cairn Gorm
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cairn Gorm is a mountain and listed Munro in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of 4,084 ft AMSL, Cairn Gorm is the seventh-highest mountain in the British Isles. The high, broad domed summit overlooking Strathspey is one of the most readily identifiable mountains from the nearby town and regional centre of Aviemore. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 4085 ftProminence: 479 ftCoordinates: 57°6'59"N, 3°38'38"W

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Cairn Gorm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Loch Morlich, Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Coire an t-Sneachda.

4.1 miNW
Beach, Park, Outdoor activities
Loch Morlich, Aviemore
104 min walk • Loch Morlich is a freshwater loch in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Highland, Scotland near Aviemore. The loch is home to a watersports centre with kayaking, sailing and windsurfing among the activities available.
3.3 miS
Towering peak with trails to the summit
Ben Macdui, Cairngorms National Park
85 min walk • Ben Macdui is the second-highest mountain in Scotland after Ben Nevis, and the highest in the Cairngorm Mountains and the wider Cairngorms National Park. The summit elevation is 1,309 metres AMSL.
2.4 miS
Nature, Mountain
Cairngorms, Cairngorms National Park
63 min walk • The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park on 1 September 2003.
0.8 miW
Climbing
Coire an t-Sneachda, Cairngorms National Park
21 min walk • Coire an t-Sneachda is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands.
5.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgòr an Lochain Uaine, Cairngorms National Park
129 min walk • Sgòr an Lochain Uaine is a mountain in the Cairngorms, Scotland. By some counts it is the fifth-highest mountain in Scotland. It is the third-highest point in the western massif of the Cairngorms, lying between Braeriach and Cairn Toul on the western side of the pass of the Lairig Ghru.
5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Toul, Cairngorms National Park
127 min walk • Cairn Toul is the fourth highest mountain in Scotland, The United Kingdom, and The British Isles, after Ben Nevis, Ben Macdui and Braeriach. The summit elevation is 1,291 metres AMSL.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meall a' Bhuachaille, Cairngorms National Park
121 min walk • Meall a' Bhuachaille is a mountain in the Cairngorms in Scotland. It is situated 10 km east of Aviemore, to the north of Loch Morlich and Glenmore Forest.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn a' Chaorainn, Cairngorms National Park
76 min walk • Beinn a' Chaorainn is a Scottish mountain in the heart of the Cairngorms range. It is quite a remote hill, being located roughly 19 kilometres south east of Aviemore and 14 kilometres north west of Braemar.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bynack More, Cairngorms National Park
68 min walk • Bynack More is a Scottish Mountain that is situated in the Cairngorms range, 16 kilometres east-south-east of the town of Aviemore in the Highland region.
1.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Mheadhoin, Cairngorms National Park
48 min walk • Beinn Mheadhoin is a mountain in Scotland. By some counts, it is the thirteenth-highest mountain of Great Britain. It lies in the very heart of the Cairngorm mountains, and is one of the most remote hills in the region. The summit is broad and flat.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Derry Cairngorm, Cairngorms National Park
97 min walk • Derry Cairngorm is a Scottish mountain in the Cairngorms range, 14 kilometres north west of Braemar in the county of Aberdeenshire.