Photo of Eilean Donan Castle, a castle near Dornie in Kintail, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Eilean Donan CastlePhoto Sourav Bhaduri / Unsplash

Places to explore near Stromeferry StationStromeferry

26 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Iconic

Plockton

Village

Sheltered Loch Carron village famous for its palm trees, harbour and TV role in Hamish Macbeth.

6.3 km W · Highland

Highlight

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

6.4 km NW

Iconic

Eilean Donan Castle

Castle near Dornie

Island castle where three lochs meet.

8.9 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Lochcarron

Village

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

6.1 km NE · Highland

Plockton Hotel

Pub near Plockton

Harbourfront hotel bar in palm-fringed Plockton, celebrated for its seafood.

6.2 km W

Bealach Cafe

Pub near Lochcarron

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

6.3 km NE

Plockton Church

Church near Plockton

Village church at Plockton designed by engineer Thomas Telford, shared by two congregations.

6.3 km W

Loch Achaidh na h-Inich

Loch near Balmacara

In wooded country near Plockton, this small loch runs close to the Kyle of Lochalsh railway in Wester Ross.

6.4 km SW

Auchtertyre Hill

Marilyn near Balmacara

A Marilyn — a hill with 150 m of drop on every side in Highland.

6.5 km SW

Attadale Gardens

Garden near Strathcarron

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

7.4 km NE

Lochcarron Old Parish Church

Church near Lochcarron

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

8.2 km NE

Kintail

National Scenic Area near Dornie

The Five Sisters ridge above Loch Duich — a big, serious mountain skyline with the Falls of Glomach hidden away to the north

8.6 km S

Everything else within 10 km (14) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Lochalsh Woodland GardenGarden8.6 km SW
DornieVillage8.8 km S
Sgurr a' Chaorachain (Highland, 793m)Corbett9.8 km NW
Sgurr a' GharaidhGraham9.9 km N
Strome CastleCastle0.8 km N
Bad a' ChreamhaMarilyn2.1 km N
An Sgurr (Highland)Marilyn4.1 km N
Creag Mhor (Highland, 407m)Marilyn4.9 km SE
Carn nan IomaireanMarilyn5 km E
Beinn ConchraMarilyn5.9 km SE
Kishorn Seafood BarPub6 km NW
Plockton InnPub6.3 km W
Beinn a' MheadhainMarilyn7.9 km SE
BalmacaraVillage8.6 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.