Range of the Awful Hand, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells

Name: Range of the Awful Hand
Address: Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells, United Kingdom

#14 among attractions in Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Range of the Awful Hand is a range of hills in the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The most westerly of three parallel ridges, the range is neighboured to the east by the Dungeon Hills and the Rhinns of Kells. The Minnigaff Hills also lie southeast. In total, these four ranges are part of the Galloway Forest Park. The ridge is split between South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. ()

Coordinates: 55°9'22"N, 4°29'35"W

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Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells United Kingdom

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Range of the Awful Hand – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Merrick, Merrick, Loch Trool, Loch Macaterick.

1.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Merrick, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
39 min walk • The Merrick, or simply Merrick, is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Merrick, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
57 min walk • The Merrick, or simply Merrick, is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
4.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Trool
121 min walk • Loch Trool is a narrow, freshwater loch in Galloway, in the Southern Uplands in south-west Scotland. It lies in an elevated position in Glen Trool in the Galloway Forest Park and is approximately 8 miles north of the town of Newton Stewart.
3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Macaterick, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
76 min walk • Loch Macaterick is a loch in East Ayrshire, Scotland within Galloway Forest Park and Merrick Kells SSSI. The loch is situated to the north of Macaterick, to the west of Craigfionn and to the southeast of Loch Riecawr.
2.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Enoch, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
65 min walk • Loch Enoch is a multi-basin freshwater loch in Galloway, to the east of Merrick and south of Mullwharchar. The loch is situated in a granite basin and has several small islands and some beaches on its shore.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Round Loch of Glenhead, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
127 min walk • The Round Loch of Glenhead is a small upland single basin loch in Dumfries and Galloway. It is situated within Galloway Forest Park to the west of the hill Craiglee. It forms a pair with the nearby Long Loch of Glenhead. Both lochs are of similar sizes and each have a small island.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kirriereoch Loch
78 min walk • Kirriereoch Loch is a small, shallow, square shaped, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 12 mi north of the town of Newton Stewart.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kirriereoch Hill, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
14 min walk • Kirriereoch Hill is a hill in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
2.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mullwharchar, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
67 min walk • Mullwharchar is a hill in the Dungeon Hills, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Mullwarchar is situated to the north of Loch Enoch, west of Corserine, northeast of Merrick and east of Kirriereoch Hill.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Corserine, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
135 min walk • Corserine is a hill in the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The highest point of the range and the second highest point in Galloway, the usual route of ascent is from the car park at Forrest Lodge to the east of the hill via Loch Harrow and North Gairy Top.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Galloway Hills, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells
105 min walk • The Galloway Hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway. They lie within the bounds of the Galloway Forest Park, an area of some 300 square miles of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by Forestry and Land Scotland.

Range of the Awful Hand, Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells

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Range of the Awful Hand – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)