Loch Garten

An Abernethy pinewood loch famous as the place ospreys first returned to nest in Britain, now watched from an RSPB hide.

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Loch Garten is a loch in Highland. It sits within the Cairngorms National Park. For arrivals by rail, Carrbridge Station is 8.7 km to the north-west. The nearest other lake is Loch Morlich, 8.7 km to the south.

More places to visit near Loch Garten

Britain's biggest national park — a high granite plateau of arctic tundra, ancient Caledonian pinewood and free-flowing rivers.

Britain's high sub-Arctic plateau.

3.5 km S

Woodland theme park at Carrbridge with water coasters, treetop trails, a tower and adventure play among the pines.

7.9 km NW

Sandy freshwater beach on the shore of Loch Morlich in Glenmore Forest, ringed by pines beneath the Cairngorms.

8.3 km S

Home of Britain's only free-ranging reindeer herd at Glenmore, with guided hill trips to meet the animals.

8.3 km S

Ringed by Scots pine with a rare mountain beach, this Cairngorms loch lies below the plateau near Aviemore.

8.7 km S