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Well of the Seven Heads

📷 Tim Glover · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsFungi
Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.05205, -4.79659

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • ☕Loch Oich Food Co. — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Gabura fascicularis, Norwegian Specklebelly, Parmeliella testacea +68 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Gabura fascicularis, Norwegian Specklebelly, Parmeliella testacea +68 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Sharp-leaved Blindia, Blunt-leaved Bog-moss, Water Earwort +154 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Sharp-leaved Blindia, Blunt-leaved Bog-moss, Water Earwort +154 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Scotch Argus, Large Red Damselfly, Speckled Wood +18 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Scotch Argus, Large Red Damselfly, Speckled Wood +18 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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.

Named routeLength 120 kmNational walking route
Cape Wrath Trail (Fort William → Invergarry → Morvich)Walking route

unmarked

Named routeNational walking route
Great Glen Way Low RouteWalking route
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 78 (north)Cycling route
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route653 m
Named routeRef 78Length 653 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route374 m
Named routeRef 78Length 374 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.6 km
Named routeRef 78Length 6.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 78Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route60 m
Named routeRef 78Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Scotland TrailMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The A82 passes the Well of the Seven Heads

📷 Tim Glover · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The A82 passes the Well of the Seven Heads

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Finnan's ChurchReligious grounds1.7 km→✦Invergarry CastleHistoric site1.8 km→✦Eilean Na h-Ealaidh, CrannogHistoric site2.1 km→✦Rokeby ManorHistoric site2.3 km→✦Eilean Drynachan, CrannogHistoric site3.6 km→✦McDonnell MausoleumHistoric site4.3 km→

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