Loch Coire an Lochain, Cairngorms National Park

Name: Loch Coire an Lochain
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#55 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

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Loch Coire an Lochain is a small freshwater loch located below the summit of Braeriach in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. At 997m above sea level, it is the highest named body of water in the British Isles ()

Elevation: 3274 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 57°4'58"N, 3°44'44"W

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Cairngorms National Park United Kingdom

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Loch Coire an Lochain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Cairn Gorm, Coire an t-Sneachda.

3 miE
Towering peak with trails to the summit
Ben Macdui, Cairngorms National Park
77 min walk • Ben Macdui is the second-highest mountain in Scotland after Ben Nevis, and the highest in the Cairngorm Mountains and the wider Cairngorms National Park. The summit elevation is 1,309 metres AMSL.
3 miE
Nature, Mountain
Cairngorms, Cairngorms National Park
76 min walk • The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park on 1 September 2003.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Gorm, Cairngorms National Park
114 min walk • Cairn Gorm is a mountain and listed Munro in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of 4,084 ft AMSL, Cairn Gorm is the seventh-highest mountain in the British Isles.
3.7 miNE
Climbing
Coire an t-Sneachda, Cairngorms National Park
95 min walk • Coire an t-Sneachda is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands.
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgòr an Lochain Uaine, Cairngorms National Park
48 min walk • Sgòr an Lochain Uaine is a mountain in the Cairngorms, Scotland. By some counts it is the fifth-highest mountain in Scotland. It is the third-highest point in the western massif of the Cairngorms, lying between Braeriach and Cairn Toul on the western side of the pass of the Lairig Ghru.
4.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Càrn a' Mhàim, Cairngorms National Park
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3.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
The Devil's Point, Cairngorms National Park
100 min walk • The Devil's Point is a mountain in the Cairngorms of Scotland, lying to the west of the Lairig Ghru pass. The Gaelic name means "Penis of the Demon". The English name is a result of a visit to the area by Queen Victoria.
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Toul, Cairngorms National Park
61 min walk • Cairn Toul is the fourth highest mountain in Scotland, The United Kingdom, and The British Isles, after Ben Nevis, Ben Macdui and Braeriach. The summit elevation is 1,291 metres AMSL.
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgòr Gaoith, Cairngorms National Park
68 min walk • Sgòr Gaoith is a mountain in the western massif of the Cairngorms, and is separated from the Braeriach massif by the broad valley of Glen Einich. The second-highest summit of the mountain is Sgoran Dubh Mòr, which lies 1.3 km away due NNE along the summit ridge.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Mheadhoin, Cairngorms National Park
131 min walk • Beinn Mheadhoin is a mountain in Scotland. By some counts, it is the thirteenth-highest mountain of Great Britain. It lies in the very heart of the Cairngorm mountains, and is one of the most remote hills in the region. The summit is broad and flat.
4.1 miW
Protected area
Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park
106 min walk • Invereshie and Inshriach is a national nature reserve on the western flank of the Cairngorms in the Highland council area of Scotland.