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The Cairnwell

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The Cairnwell is a 933-metre mountain in Perth and Kinross. It counts among the 282 Munros, Scottish mountains of 3,000 feet and more. It stands within the Cairngorms National Park. For more of the same, Carn Aosda and Carn a' Gheoidh are close by.

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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: Glas Maol, a 1,068m Munro in the Cairngorms, the Angus, north east Scotland.Highlight

Glas Maol

Munro · Marilyn

The highest of the Glenshee hills and the top of Angus, a broad mossy plateau right above the ski road

3.3 km E · Angus

Photo of Corrie Fee, a National Nature Reserve in the Cairngorms, the Angus, north east Scotland.Highlight

Corrie Fee

National Nature Reserve

Glacial corrie with rare arctic-alpine plants.

11 km E · Angus

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.

14.3 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.

15.9 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.

16.6 km E · Aberdeenshire