Every spot we hold in Highland — swim, paddle, walk, viewpoint and dark-sky places, with live conditions.
Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye
A string of turquoise pools and waterfalls below the Cuillin, reached by a 20-minute walk that's become one of Skye's most phot…
Sligachan, Isle of Skye
River pools by the Old Bridge with the Cuillin and Glamaig framing the view, quieter and less signposted than the Fairy Pools f…
Glenmore, Cairngorms, near Aviemore
A sandy loch beach in Glenmore forest with the Cairngorm massif reflected on a still day and a watersports centre right there f…
Kincraig, Cairngorms
A gentle Cairngorms loch run by a watersports centre, with ospreys often working the water and the mountains as backdrop. An ea…
Nairn
A SEPA-designated beach at the harbour end of Nairn, with dolphins occasionally showing in the Moray Firth beyond. SEPA advises…
Rosemarkie, Black Isle
A Black Isle beach a short drive from Chanonry Point's dolphin-watching spot, with the Moray Firth opening out ahead. Currents …
Dores, near Inverness
A shingle beach at the Loch Ness-spotting end of the loch, with the Dores Inn a short walk away. The water is deep close to sho…
Sutherland (near Kinlochbervie)
A mile of pink sand and a sea stack at the mainland's far north-west corner, reached only by a 7km walk in with no road, no caf…
Assynt, Sutherland
A sheltered white-sand bay in Assynt with Suilven visible inland and a campsite right on the beach. About as easy and welcoming…
Assynt, Sutherland
A white-sand Assynt beach split by the Split Rock sea stack, with the district's mountains rising behind. Facilities are limite…
Claigan, Isle of Skye (near Dunvegan)
White coralline-algae sand and turquoise water at the end of a 2.5km coastal walk from Claigan, with Lewis and Harris visible a…
Elgol, Isle of Skye
A pier and shingle beach with the Cuillin ridge laid out across Loch Scavaig, and boats to Loch Coruisk departing from the same…
Dochgarroch, near Inverness
A calm canal launch at Dochgarroch Lock leading out through the Bona Narrows into Loch Ness itself. The canal section is placid…
Plockton, Wester Ross
A sheltered harbour paddle from one of the prettiest villages on the west coast, complete with palm trees courtesy of the Gulf …
Wester Ross
A big wilderness loch below Slioch, with pinewood islands protected as a nature reserve and a genuine sense of remoteness. Flat…
Fort William, Lochaber
The Mountain Track to the roof of the British Isles, a long well-worn path that can still catch out the unprepared: snow linger…
Trotternish, Isle of Skye
A steep well-built path up to one of Skye's most photographed rock pinnacles, with the Sound of Raasay opening out below. One o…
Trotternish, Isle of Skye
A landslip landscape of leaning pinnacles and hidden plateaus above Staffin Bay, known simply by its features: the Prison, the …
Assynt, Sutherland
One of Scotland's most distinctive mountains, a long approach across Assynt's scattered lochans before a steep pull to a narrow…
Cairngorms, near Aviemore
A climb onto a genuinely sub-arctic plateau above Aviemore, past Lairig Ghru toward Ben Macdui, in some of the windiest conditi…
Wester Ross, near Ullapool
A short accessible path to a suspension bridge over the Falls of Measach, which drop 45m into a narrow mile-long gorge. Step-fr…
Kintail (Highland/North-West border)
One of Britain's highest waterfalls at 113m, reached by a remote 4-5 mile hill path with a steep, exposed final approach to the…
Applecross, Wester Ross
The highest road climb in the UK, with a viewpoint at the top looking out to Skye, Raasay and the Outer Hebrides. No walking ne…
Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms
A level loop around a loch with a ruined castle on its island, set among some of the oldest Caledonian pines in Rothiemurchus. …
Caithness, near John o'Groats
Sea stacks and seabird colonies at Britain's most north-easterly point, a short clifftop walk from the lighthouse car park. The…
Caithness
The most northerly point of mainland Britain, with Orkney's cliffs visible across the Pentland Firth from an RSPB-managed headl…
Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye
A campsite-adjacent glen away from Portree and Broadford's glow, with the Cuillin silhouette dominating the southern horizon an…