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Photo: Schiehallion, a 1,083m Munro near Kinloch Rannoch in Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.

Schiehallion© steflas / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places to explore near Pitlochry

A Victorian holiday town in the Highland fault country of Perthshire, Pitlochry grew around a dam whose fish ladder still lets salmon climb into Loch Faskally. Wooded hills close in on every side. Ben Vrackie rises straight behind the town, and the Pass of Killiecrankie, where a Jacobite charge routed the government army in 1689, cuts the glen to the north. West lie Loch Tummel, the famous Queen's View, and the perfect cone of Schiehallion.

84 places within 25 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 5 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Pitlochry, a village in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Pitlochry

Village

Lively Victorian resort town on the River Tummel with a festival theatre and salmon ladder.

0.2 km N · Perth and Kinross

Photo of Faskally Wood, a visitor attraction near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Faskally Wood

Attraction near Pitlochry

Ornamental lochside woodland near Pitlochry, walked by day and lit for the autumn Enchanted Forest show.

2.3 km W

Photo: Pass of Killiecrankie and Soldier's Leap, a viewpoint near Pitlochry in Loch Tummel, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Pass of Killiecrankie and Soldier's Leap

Viewpoint near Pitlochry

Dramatic wooded river gorge with an NTS centre and the Soldier's Leap of 1689.

4.2 km NW

Photo of the Cairngorms, a National Park in Scotland.Iconic

Cairngorms

National Park near Aviemore

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

4.8 km NW

Photo of Killiecrankie House, a restaurant near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Killiecrankie House

Restaurant · With rooms near Blair Atholl

Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in a country house by the wooded Pass of Killiecrankie in Highland Perthshire.

5.7 km NW

Photo of Blair Castle Gardens, a garden near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Iconic

Blair Castle Gardens

Garden near Blair Atholl

Whitewashed Atholl seat with the walled Hercules Garden, deer park and Diana's Grove of tall conifers.

10.9 km NW

Photo of Aberfeldy, a village in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Aberfeldy

Village

Highland Perthshire town on the Tay by Wade's Bridge, with the Birks waterfall walk and Dewar's distillery.

11.2 km SW · Perth and Kinross

Photo: Queen's View, a viewpoint near Blair Atholl in Loch Tummel, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Iconic

Queen's View

Viewpoint near Blair Atholl

Celebrated viewpoint over Loch Tummel towards Schiehallion, with a Forestry visitor centre.

12.2 km W

Photo of Birks of Aberfeldy, a waterfall in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Birks of Aberfeldy

Waterfall near Aberfeldy

Wooded gorge of the Moness Burn with tumbling falls, immortalised in a Robert Burns song.

13.1 km SW

Photo of Falls of Bruar, a waterfall near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Falls of Bruar

Waterfall near Blair Atholl

The gorge Robert Burns petitioned the Duke of Atholl in verse to plant with trees — the Duke obliged, and the falls now drop through the woods the poem asked for.

14.6 km NW

Photo: Beinn a' Ghlo, a 1,122m Munro near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Beinn a' Ghlo

Munro · Marilyn near Blair Atholl

The highest of the three Munros on the sprawling Beinn a' Ghlo massif above Blair Atholl, at the end of a long curving ridge

15.5 km N

Photo of The Hermitage (Black Linn Falls), a waterfall near Dunkeld in the River Tay (Dunkeld), Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Iconic

The Hermitage (Black Linn Falls)

Waterfall near Dunkeld

NTS woodland of giant Douglas firs where Ossian's Hall folly overlooks the Black Linn falls on the Braan.

17.7 km SE

Photo of Dunkeld Cathedral, a cathedral in the River Tay (Dunkeld), Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Dunkeld Cathedral

Cathedral near Dunkeld

Riverside cathedral among historic streets.

17.7 km SE

Photo of Dunkeld, a village in the River Tay (Dunkeld), Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Dunkeld

Village

Cathedral town on the River Tay with an NTS-restored 18th-century High Street.

17.7 km SE · Perth and Kinross

Photo of Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve, a nature reserve near Birnam in the River Tay (Dunkeld), Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve

Nature reserve near Birnam

Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve near Dunkeld with hides and a visitor centre for breeding ospreys and red squirrels.

18.3 km SE

Photo of Kenmore, a village in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Kenmore

Village

Model village of 1760 at the east end of Loch Tay, with an arched village square.

20.9 km SW · Perth and Kinross

Photo: Kinnoull Hill and Tower, a viewpoint near Fowlis Wester, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Kinnoull Hill and Tower

Viewpoint near Fowlis Wester

Wooded hill above Perth topped by a cliff-edge folly tower with wide views over the Tay.

22.6 km S

Photo: Schiehallion, a 1,083m Munro near Kinloch Rannoch in Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Iconic

Schiehallion

Munro · Marilyn near Kinloch Rannoch

Conical 'Fairy Hill of the Caledonians'.

22.7 km W

Photo of Fortingall, a village in Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Fortingall

Village

Glen Lyon village whose churchyard holds a yew thought to be thousands of years old.

22.8 km SW · Perth and Kinross

Photo of The Scottish Crannog Centre, a visitor attraction near Fortingall, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

The Scottish Crannog Centre

Attraction near Fortingall

Museum and reconstructed Iron Age loch dwelling on the shore of Loch Tay at Kenmore.

23.5 km SW

Photo of Glen Lyon, a visitor attraction near Fortingall in Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Glen Lyon

Attraction near Fortingall

Long, winding and reputedly Scotland's longest enclosed glen, running west from Fortingall.

24 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Rob Roy Way, a long-distance trail running from Drymen to Pitlochry, central Scotland.

Rob Roy Way

Scotland's Great Trail

Through the outlaw's country — southern Highland glens, lochs and falls between Drymen and Pitlochry.

0.1 km SE · Stirling & Perth and Kinross

Explorers Garden

Garden near Pitlochry

Pitlochry garden telling the story of Scottish plant hunters, beside the Festival Theatre.

0.2 km N

Fonab Castle Hotel & Spa

Restaurant · With rooms near Pitlochry

A turreted baronial hotel overlooking Loch Faskally near Pitlochry.

0.7 km S

Photo of Blair Athol Distillery, a distillery near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.

Blair Athol Distillery

Distillery near Pitlochry

One of Scotland's oldest working distilleries, with a visitor centre at Pitlochry.

0.9 km SE

Photo of Moulin Inn, a pub in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.

Moulin Inn

Pub near Moulin

Coaching inn of 1695 above Pitlochry with two log fires and its own micro-brewery ales.

1.2 km N

Photo of Loch Faskally, a reservoir near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.

Loch Faskally

Reservoir near Pitlochry

At Pitlochry, this wooded hydro loch has a dam fitted with a salmon ladder and viewing chamber near the Festival Theatre.

1.6 km W

Dunfallandy Stone

Pictish stone near Pitlochry

Dunfallandy Stone, cross slab

1.8 km SE

Loch Tummel

National Scenic Area near Blair Atholl

A wooded Highland loch under Schiehallion's shoulder, with a famous long view and a waterfall walk up near Blair Atholl

1.9 km NW

Edradour Distillery

Distillery near Pitlochry

Scotland's smallest traditional distillery, tucked in the hills above Pitlochry since 1825.

1.9 km E

Everything else within 25 km (54) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.