Loch Lyon

High at the head of Glen Lyon, Scotland's longest enclosed glen, this hydro loch is ringed by Munros.

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Loch Lyon is a loch in Perth and Kinross. For arrivals by rail, Bridge of Orchy Station is 11.5 km to the west. Nearby lakes & lochs include Lochan na h-Achlaise and Loch Tulla.

More places to visit near Loch Lyon

Scotland's most dramatic glen.

3.8 km NW

Long glens and lochside woods under the Ben Lawers range, big Munro country with an easier way in than the far north-west

6.7 km E

Scotland's first national park, where the Highlands begin — bonnie banks, wooded glens and Ben Lomond within reach of Glasgow.

8 km SW

Scotland's classic walk — from the edge of Glasgow along Loch Lomond and over Rannoch Moor to the foot of Ben Nevis.

10.5 km SW · spans 4 counties

Strewn with islets on Rannoch Moor, this lochan is one of the most photographed foregrounds for the Black Mount peaks.

11.9 km NW

Near Bridge of Orchy on the edge of Rannoch Moor, old Caledonian pines ring it below the Black Mount.

12 km W