Loch Leitir Easaidh, Assynt

Name: Loch Leitir Easaidh
Address: Assynt, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in Assynt

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Loch Leitir Easaidh is a small shallow irregular shaped freshwater lochan that flows directly into the northwestern end of Loch Assynt in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The loch is located in an area along with neighbouring Coigach, as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 58°11'25"N, 5°6'55"W

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Assynt United Kingdom

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Loch Leitir Easaidh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ardvreck Castle, Canisp, Quinag, Suilven.

4.7 miE
Forts and castles
Ardvreck Castle, Lochinver
121 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.
5.3 miSE
Mountain
Canisp, North West Highlands Geopark
135 min walk • 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”.
2.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Quinag
75 min walk • Quinag is an 808 m high mountain range in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milk pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Suilven, Lochinver
133 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.
6.5 miSW
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Falls of Kirkaig, Lochinver
166 min walk • The Falls of Kirkaig are a waterfall in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. The fall is located on the River Kirkaig, south by southeast of the village of Lochinver, on the main approach footpath to Suilven mountain.
7.1 miNW
Area
Oldany Island, Assynt
181 min walk • Oldany Island is an uninhabited island in Assynt, Sutherland, north-west Scotland. The name is Norse in origin and possibly means fruit.
2.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Assynt
73 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.
5.6 miNE
Bridge
Kylesku Bridge
144 min walk • The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in north-west Scotland that crosses the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland. It is listed as category A, the highest grade.