Canisp, North West Highlands Geopark

Name: Canisp
Address: North West Highlands Geopark, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in North West Highlands Geopark

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Canisp is a mountain in the far north west of Scotland. It is situated in the parish of Assynt, in the county of Sutherland, 25 kilometres north of the town of Ullapool. Canisp reaches a height of 847 metres and qualifies as a Corbett and Marilyn hill. The mountain's name translates from the Old Norse language as “White Mountain”. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 58°7'16"N, 5°3'9"W

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North West Highlands Geopark United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Ardvreck Castle, Suilven, Cùl Mòr, Breabag.

3.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Ardvreck Castle, Lochinver
97 min walk • Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating to about 1490 when the lands were owned by the Macleods of Assynt. It stands on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in Sutherland, Scotland.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Suilven, Lochinver
79 min walk • Suilven is a mountain in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs, and lochans known as Inverpolly National Nature Reserve.
5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cùl Mòr
127 min walk • Cùl Mòr is a shapely, twin summited mountain in the far north west of Scotland whose higher summit is the highest point of Inverpolly. It is almost completely separated from its southern neighbour, Cùl Beag.
5.5 miE
Mountain
Breabag, Assynt
141 min walk • Breabag is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, in the Assynt area of Sutherland. A flat-topped summit, it is usually climbed from its western flank, where the Bone Caves of Assynt are located. The nearest settlement is Inchnadamph.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Assynt
93 min walk • Loch Assynt is a freshwater loch in Sutherland, Scotland, 8 kilometres east-north east of Lochinver. Situated in a spectacular setting between the heights of Canisp, Quinag and Beinn Uidhe, it receives the outflow from Lochs Awe, Maol a' Choire, and Leitir Easaich.
7.1 miSW
Neighbourhood
Inverpolly, Achiltibuie
182 min walk • Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans.
4.4 miE
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Uamh an Claonaite
113 min walk • Uamh an Claonaite is the longest cave in Scotland. It consists of a series of dry passages and a series of at least six sumps which have been dived over the years.