Getting here
57.47642, -4.22560
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Xoko Bakehouse and Coffee Bar — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Xoko Bakehouse and Coffee Bar — a good base for a longer summer day out
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Herring Gull, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Herring Gull, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026
Heritage
Strong match
Historic site
Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Common Ragwort, Gorse, Douglas Fir +9 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Ragwort, Gorse, Douglas Fir +9 more · last seen 2026
Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Geastrum · last seen 2025; Fungi — Geastrum · last seen 2025
Easy access
Good match
parking, toilets
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walking
Great Glen Way - Slighe a' Ghlinne MhòirWalking route120 km
A waymarked route (75 m/120 km) from Fort William (leaving behind Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis) to Inverness, the Highlands capital. It follows a great geological fault and sections of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal.
South Loch Ness TrailWalking route
John O'Groats Trail (Inverness to Culbokie)Walking route
🚴Cycling
106 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Route 7Cycling route
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route
Muir of Ord to North Kessock via BlairdhuCycling route
Millburn Active Travel RouteCycling route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route
NCN National Route 78 (north)Cycling route
🚵Mountain biking
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain biking
South Loch Ness TrailMountain bike route
Wildlife to spot
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