Loch Beannach, Assynt

Name: Loch Beannach
Address: Assynt, United Kingdom

#12 among attractions in Assynt

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Loch Beannach is a small v-shaped loch, located 2 miles to the west of Loch Assynt and 3 miles northeast of Lochinver within the Assynt area of Sutherland, Scotland. The loch is located in an area known as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 58°11'15"N, 5°10'6"W

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Assynt United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Canisp, Quinag, Suilven, Falls of Kirkaig.

6.2 miSE
Mountain
Canisp, North West Highlands Geopark
159 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”.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Quinag
120 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.
5.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Suilven, Lochinver
131 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.
5.6 miS
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Falls of Kirkaig, Lochinver
143 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.
5.9 miNW
Area
Oldany Island, Assynt
152 min walk • Oldany Island is an uninhabited island in Assynt, Sutherland, north-west Scotland. The name is Norse in origin and possibly means fruit.
6.3 miSW
Area
Soyea Island, Assynt
162 min walk • Soyea Island or Soyea is an uninhabited rocky island at the mouth of Loch Inver, in Assynt, Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is three nautical miles west of Lochinver and two nautical miles south-southwest of Achmelvich. The Broad Rocks extend up to 400 yards from the eastern edge of Soyea Island.
4.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Assynt
119 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.