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Photo of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, a National Scenic Area in Scotland.

Ben Nevis and Glen CoePhoto Luis Mayoral / Unsplash

Places to explore near Spean Bridge StationSpean Bridge

22 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Commando Memorial, a landmark near Spean Bridge, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Commando Memorial

Landmark near Spean Bridge

Bronze memorial to the WWII Commandos on a rise near Spean Bridge with a panorama to Ben Nevis and the Nevis range.

1.6 km NW

Photo of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, a National Scenic Area in Scotland.Iconic

Ben Nevis and Glen Coe

National Scenic Area near Kinlochleven

Scotland's most dramatic glen.

5 km S

Photo: Stob Choire Claurigh, a 1,178m Munro near Roy Bridge in Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Stob Choire Claurigh

Munro · Marilyn near Roy Bridge

The highest of the Grey Corries, a pale quartzite ridge east of Ben Nevis above Roy Bridge

8.6 km SE

Photo: Aonach Mor, a 1,220m Munro near Fort William in Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Aonach Mor

Munro near Fort William

A broad-shouldered Munro next to Ben Nevis, best known for the ski area and mountain gondola on its northern slopes

8.9 km S

Photo: Stob Coire an Laoigh, a 1,117m Munro near Spean Bridge in Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Stob Coire an Laoigh

Munro near Spean Bridge

One of the Grey Corries, the pale quartzite ridge east of the Aonachs, usually taken as part of a long high-level traverse

9.1 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Great Glen Canoe Trail, a long-distance trail running from Fort William to Inverness, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Great Glen Canoe Trail

Scotland's Great Trail

Sixty miles by canoe or kayak coast to coast through the Great Glen, from Fort William to Inverness by loch and canal

4.9 km NW · Highland

Photo of the Caledonian Canal, a 60-mile canal running from Fort William to Inverness, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Caledonian Canal

Canal

Telford's Great Glen waterway from Fort William to Inverness — a third canal, two-thirds loch, climbing Neptune's Staircase beneath Ben Nevis.

4.9 km NW · Highland

Photo along the Great Glen Way, a long-distance trail running from Fort William to Inverness, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Great Glen Way

Scotland's Great Trail

Along the great fault line from Fort William to Inverness, tracing the Caledonian Canal and the shore of Loch Ness.

5.1 km NW · Highland

Photo of Lochaber Farm Shop, a farm & farm shop near Fort William, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Lochaber Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Fort William

Farm shop, cafe and crafts at Torlundy near Fort William stocking locally reared meat, eggs and Highland produce.

6.9 km SW

Cruach Innse

Corbett · Marilyn near Roy Bridge

A Corbett — a Scottish hill of 2,500 to 3,000 ft.

7.7 km SE

Photo of Glen Roy, a National Nature Reserve near Roy Bridge, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Glen Roy

National Nature Reserve near Roy Bridge

A National Nature Reserve in Highland.

7.7 km NE

Photo of Cille Choirill, a church near Roy Bridge, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Cille Choirill

Church near Roy Bridge

Restored medieval hill church above Glen Spean near Roybridge, a burial place of Lochaber bards.

8.5 km E

Photo of Loch Lochy, a loch near Achnacarry, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Loch Lochy

Loch near Achnacarry

On the Caledonian Canal in the Great Glen, this deep loch saw the 1544 clan battle known as Blar na Leine.

8.8 km N

Cnap Cruinn

Graham · Marilyn near Roy Bridge

A Graham — a Scottish hill of 2,000 to 2,500 ft.

9 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (8) — 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.