Mayar

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Mayar is a mountain in the Grampians, in Angus, Scotland. It is usually climbed together with its near neighbour, Driesh. At an elevation of 928m, it is the 564th highest peak in the British Isles and the 253rd tallest in Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 56°50'56"N, 3°14'47"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Glas-allt-Shiel, Glas Maol, Corrie Fee, Broad Cairn.

5.8 miN
Hiking, Wilderness hut
Glas-allt-Shiel, Cairngorms National Park
148 min walk • Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Glas Maol, Cairngorms National Park
125 min walk • Glas Maol is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Highlands of Scotland. The broad, flat summit is divided between the council area of Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perth and Kinross, though the highest point lies wholly within Angus; indeed Glas Maol is the highest point in that council area.
1 miNE
Protected area
Corrie Fee
26 min walk • Corrie Fee is a glacier-carved corrie situated at the head of Glen Clova in the Angus Glens of Scotland. It forms part of Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve, which is managed by NatureScot and lies within the Cairngorms National Park.
4.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Cairn, Cairngorms National Park
124 min walk • Broad Cairn is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about sixteen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Carn an Tuirc, Cairngorms National Park
150 min walk • Carn an Tuirc is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, located about two miles from the Glenshee Ski Centre near Braemar.
1.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Driesh, Cairngorms National Park
48 min walk • Driesh is a mountain located in the Grampians of Scotland. Apart from Mount Keen, it is the most easterly of the Munro peaks.
5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Bannoch, Cairngorms National Park
142 min walk • Cairn Bannoch is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about seventeen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dubh Loch, Cairngorms National Park
142 min walk • Dubh Loch is a small upland loch situated within the Balmoral Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is at an altitude of 637 metres, with a perimeter of 2.3 kilometres, and its outflow, Allt an Dubh-loch, empties into Loch Muick approximately 2 kilometres to the southeast near the royal lodge Glas-allt-Shiel.
4.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn of Claise, Cairngorms National Park
104 min walk • Cairn of Claise is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about three miles from the Glenshee Ski Center near Braemar.