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Carn na Drochaide

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Carn na Drochaide tops out at 818 m in Aberdeenshire. It is one of the 222 Corbetts — Scottish hills between 2,500 and 3,000 feet. It is one of 62 hills the Albion Guide lists in Aberdeenshire. It stands inside the Cairngorms National Park.

For more of the same, Creag Bhalg and Morrone are close by.

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More places to visit near Carn na Drochaide

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

Cairngorms

You’re inside itNational Park near Aviemore

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

Photo of the Cairngorm Mountains, a National Scenic Area in Scotland.Iconic

The Cairngorm Mountains

National Scenic Area near Aviemore

Britain's high sub-Arctic plateau.

2.6 km NW

Photo: Beinn a' Bhuird, a 1,196m Munro near Braemar in the Cairngorms, Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Beinn a' Bhuird

Munro · Marilyn near Braemar

A vast flat-topped Cairngorm plateau with big corries cut into its eastern edge, remote and a long walk from anywhere

7.6 km NW

Photo of Linn of Dee, a waterfall near Braemar in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Linn of Dee

Waterfall near Braemar

Rocky gorge west of Braemar where the young Dee squeezes through a narrow chasm, spanned by an 1857 bridge.

7.9 km SW

Photo of Balmoral Castle Grounds, a garden near Crathie in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Balmoral Castle Grounds

Garden near Crathie

The royal family's Deeside estate, with gardens, grounds and the castle ballroom open when the family is away.

12.7 km E

Photo of Balmoral Cairns, a folly near Crathie in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Balmoral Cairns

Folly near Crathie

Eleven Victorian memorial cairns in the woods above Balmoral, crowned by Prince Albert's great granite pyramid, raised by his 'broken-hearted widow' in 1862.

13.2 km E