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Creag nan Gabhar

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Creag nan Gabhar rises to 834 m (2,736 ft) in Aberdeenshire. It is one of the 222 Corbetts — Scottish hills between 2,500 and 3,000 feet. It stands within the Cairngorms National Park and Deeside and Lochnagar National Scenic Area. For more of the same, Carn an Tuirc and Morrone are close by.

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More places to visit near Creag nan Gabhar

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 Deeside and Lochnagar, a National Scenic Area in north east Scotland.Highlight

Deeside and Lochnagar

You’re inside itNational Scenic Area near Braemar

High granite mountains and old pine woods above the River Dee — big, serious hill country

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.

10.8 km NW

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.

12.3 km NW

Photo of Loch Muick, a loch in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Loch Muick

Loch

Queen Victoria's retreat of Glas-allt-Shiel stands at the head of this loch on the Balmoral estate below Lochnagar.

13.6 km E · Aberdeenshire

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.

14.8 km NE