Loch Hourn, Knoydart

Name: Loch Hourn
Address: Knoydart, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Knoydart

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Loch Hourn is a sea loch which separates the peninsulas of Glenelg to the north and Knoydart to the south, on the west coast of Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°7'16"N, 5°35'7"W

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Knoydart United Kingdom

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Loch Hourn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beinn Sgritheall, Dun Telve, Luinne Bheinn, Dun Grugaig.

2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Sgritheall
58 min walk • Beinn Sgritheall is the highest mountain in the Glenelg area of the Highlands of Scotland. The main approach is via Arnisdale on the shores of Loch Hourn or via Gleann Beag to the north, with its well-known brochs.
5.1 miN
Ruins, Archaeological site
Dun Telve, Glenelg
130 min walk • Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland.
5.6 miSE
Mountain
Luinne Bheinn, Knoydart
144 min walk • Luinne Bheinn is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, on the Knoydart Peninsula in Lochaber. The mountain is rough and rocky. The most common route to climb it starts from Inverie.
4.4 miN
Archaeological site
Dun Grugaig, Glenelg
114 min walk • Dun Grugaig is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located about 7 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland.
4 miE
Mountain
Druim Fada, Knoydart
102 min walk • Druim Fada is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Located on the northern shore of Loch Hourn in Ross and Cromarty. A long, craggy ridge, it runs for several kilometres on the northern side of the loch. The nearest village is Arnisdale to the west.
5.1 miN
Archaeological site
Dun Troddan, Glenelg
130 min walk • Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ladhar Bheinn, Knoydart
82 min walk • Ladhar Bheinn is the highest mountain in the Knoydart region of the Highlands of Scotland. It is the most westerly Munro on the Scottish mainland. The mountain may be climbed from Barrisdale to the northeast or Inverie to the south.
6.1 miSE
Mountain
Sgùrr a' Choire-bheithe, Knoydart
157 min walk • Sgùrr a' Choire-bleithe is a 913-m mountain in the remote Knoydart area of Lochaber, Northwest Highlands, Scotland. It is one of highest Corbetts at 913.3 metres, and misses out on Munro status by just over one metre. The summit is the culminating point of a long and rugged ridge that stretches from Loch Quoich to Barrisdale Bay.
2.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn na Caillich
67 min walk • Beinn na Caillich is a mountain in Knoydart, in the West Highlands of Scotland. It is on the southern shore of Loch Hourn, to the north-west of the Munro of Ladhar Bheinn.
1.2 miNE
Church
Arnisdale Free Church
32 min walk • Arnisdale Free Church is a church building at one time connected to the Free Church of Scotland. It is sited in Arnisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland. According to Ewing's The Annals of the Free Church, the original building was constructed in 1856 as a simple meeting-house connected to Glenelg Free Church of Scotland.
5.3 miSW
Neighbourhood
The Rough Bounds, Knoydart
136 min walk • The Rough Bounds, in the Scottish Highlands, is the area of West Inverness-shire bounded by Loch Hourn, Loch Shiel, and Loch Moidart, consisting of the districts of Knoydart, North Morar, Arisaig and Moidart.