Photo of the Wester Ross, a National Scenic Area in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Places to explore near Strathcarron StationStrathcarron

15 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Wester Ross

National Scenic Area near Torridon

Some of Scotland's wildest mountain country — sandstone giants, remote lochs and a coast of sea and sand

4.3 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Lochcarron Old Parish Church

Church near Lochcarron

Ruined 18th-century parish church and graveyard at Kirkton on the shore of Loch Carron.

3 km W

Attadale Gardens

Garden near Strathcarron

Twenty acres of woodland, water and Japanese-inspired gardens against a Wester Ross mountain backdrop.

3.5 km SW

Bealach Cafe

Pub near Lochcarron

Cafe at Tornapress at the foot of the Bealach na Ba, a first or last stop on the pass.

4.7 km SW

Lochcarron

Village

Long whitewashed lochside village strung along the shore of Loch Carron, the southern gateway to Wester Ross.

5 km SW · Highland

Sgurr a' Gharaidh

Graham · Marilyn near Lochcarron

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

6.2 km W

An Ruadh-Stac

Corbett · Marilyn near Strathcarron

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

6.3 km N

Loch Dughaill

Loch near Strathcarron

In Glen Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh line, this Wester Ross loch sits among birch woods and rocky knolls.

7.4 km NE

Fuar Tholl

Corbett · Marilyn near Strathcarron

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

7.6 km NE

Maol Chean-dearg

Munro · Marilyn near Torridon

A Munro — a Scottish mountain over 3,000 ft.

8 km N

Everything else within 10 km (5) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Sgorr RuadhMunro8.5 km N
Beinn DamhCorbett9.5 km NW
Creag Dhubh Mhor (Highland, 611m)Graham4.4 km E
Carn nan IomaireanMarilyn7.5 km S
An Sgurr (Highland)Marilyn9.1 km SW

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.