Scottish Countryside Attractions

I could almost include the whole of Scotland - with the exception of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and a few towns -in this section. So much of Scotland is wild and beautiful, seemingly untouched by human hands. The farther north, the more into the backcountry and remote islands you go, the more untamed the land. This selection of countryside spots is just a sampling of the wondrous landscape that awaits the traveller.

Map of Countryside attractions in Scotland

Name	Town	County	Organisation	Heritage Rating
Abernethy Forest	Nethy Bridge	Highlands and Islands
Allt na Criche Waterfall	Fort Augustus	Highlands and Islands
Altimarlach Battlefield and Cross	Wick	Highlands and Islands
Ayr Woodland Gorge	Mauchline	Strathclyde
Baile an Or	Kildonan	Highlands and Islands
Balnahard Bay Beach (Traigh Ban)	Scalasaig	Strathclyde
Balranald RSPB Reserve	Balranald	Highlands and Islands
Bealach na Ba (Pass of the Cattle)	Applecross	Highlands and Islands
Beinn Eighe NNR	Kinlochewe	Highlands and Islands
Ben Lawers Nature Reserve	Milton Morenish	Tayside
Ben Lomond	Rowardennan	Strathclyde
Bennachie	Bennachie	Grampian
Birks of Aberfeldy	Aberfeldy	Tayside
Birsay Moors RSPB	Finstown	Highlands and Islands
Bracklinn Falls		Central Scotland
Brodgar RSPB	Stenness	Highlands and Islands
Bruce's Stone, Glentrool	Newton Stewart	Dumfries and Galloway
Buchan Ness	Boddam	Grampian
Burghead Bay	Burghead	Grampian
Burn O' Vat	Ballater	Grampian
Cabrach	Cabrach	Grampian
Cairngorms National Park	Grantown on Spey	Grampian
Cairngorms National Park - Photos and Historic Sites	Grantown on Spey	Highlands and Islands
Cambus O' May Suspension Bridge	Ballater	Grampian
Canna		Highlands and Islands
Cape Wrath	Durness	Highlands and Islands
Carbost Burn Waterfall	Carbost	Highlands and Islands
Cave of Gold (Uamh Oir)	Uig	Highlands and Islands
Coire Fhionn Lochan	Catacol	Strathclyde
Coire Lagan	Glenbrittle	Highlands and Islands
Coire Mhic Nobuil Waterfall	Torridion	Highlands and Islands
Colonsay Whale Sculpture	Kiloran	Strathclyde
Copinsay RSPB	Copinsay	Highlands and Islands
Coral Beach	Dunvegan	Highlands and Islands
Corrieshalloch Gorge	Braemore	Highlands and Islands
Cottascarth and Rendall Moss RSPB	Finstown	Highlands and Islands
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve	Aviemore	Highlands and Islands
Craigower	Pitlochry	Tayside
Culag Woods	Lochinver	Highlands and Islands
Davaar Island and Crucifixion Painting	Campbeltown	Strathclyde
Divach Falls	Drumnadrochit	Highlands and Islands
Dollar Glen	Dollar	Tayside
Duncansby Head Lighthouse and Sea Stacks	Duncansby	Highlands and Islands
Eas a Chual Aluinn Waterfall	Unapool	Highlands and Islands
Eas a' Bhradain Waterfall	Luib	Highlands and Islands
Eas Mor	Glenbrittle	Highlands and Islands
Eas Mor Falls	Kildonan	Strathclyde
Eildon Hills	Melrose	Borders
Electric Brae	Dunure	Strathclyde
Ettrick Bay	Rothesay	Strathclyde
Fair Isle		Highlands and Islands
Fairy Glen	Uig	Highlands and Islands
Fairy Pools	Carbost	Highlands and Islands
Falls of Bruar	Blair Atholl	Tayside
Falls of Feugh	Banchory	Grampian
Falls of Foyers	Foyers	Highlands and Islands
Falls of Glomach	Kyle of Lochalsh	Highlands and Islands
Falls of Kirkaig	Inverkirkaig	Highlands and Islands
Galloway Forest Park	Newton Stewart	Dumfries and Galloway
Glen Affric & Dog Falls	Cannich	Highlands and Islands
Glen Coe	Glencoe	Highlands and Islands
Glen Rosa Waterfall Walk	Brodick	Strathclyde
Glen Shiel Battlefield	Shiel Bridge	Highlands and Islands
Glenashdale Falls	Whiting Bay	Strathclyde
Glenborrodale RSPB Nature Reserve	Glenborrodale	Highlands and Islands
Glenfinnan Viaduct	Glenfinnan	Highlands and Islands
Goatfell	Brodick	Strathclyde
Grey Mare's Tail Nature Reserve	Moffat	Dumfries and Galloway
Hangman's Rock	Garvard	Strathclyde
Killiecrankie	Killiecrankie	Tayside
Kiloran Bay Beach	Scalasaig	Strathclyde
King's Cave	Blackwaterfoot	Strathclyde
Kintail and Morvich	Inverinate	Highlands and Islands
Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve	Ullapool	Highlands and Islands
Lael Forest Garden	Ullapool	Highlands and Islands
Lealt Waterfall	Staffin	Highlands and Islands
Linn o' Dee	Braemar	Grampian
Linn of Tummel	Pitlochry	Tayside
Little Assynt (Leitir Easaidh)		Highlands and Islands
Loch Awe		Strathclyde
Loch Cluanie		Highlands and Islands
Loch Coriusk	Elgol	Highlands and Islands
Loch Druidibeg National Nature Reserve	Stilligarry	Highlands and Islands
Loch Earn		Tayside
Loch Fyne		Strathclyde
Loch Garten Osprey Centre	Boat of Garten	Highlands and Islands
Loch Gruinart RSPB Nature Reserve	Bridgend	Strathclyde
Loch Lomond	Balmaha	Central Scotland
Loch Ness		Highlands and Islands
Loch Tay		Tayside
Longaglebe Geo	Birsay	Highlands and Islands
Mar Lodge Estate	Braemar	Grampian
Marwick Head RSPB	Birsay	Highlands and Islands
Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock	Staffin	Highlands and Islands
Mull Head Nature Reserve	Deerness	Highlands and Islands
Mull of Kintyre	Southend	Strathclyde
Ness Islands	Inverness	Highlands and Islands
North Glen Sannox Waterfall Walk	Sannox	Strathclyde
North West Highlands Geo Park	Unapool	Highlands and Islands
Noup Cliffs RSPB Nature Reserve	Pierowall	Highlands and Islands
Old Man of Stoer	Stoer	Highlands and Islands
Old Man of Storr	Portree	Highlands and Islands
Plodda Falls	Tomich	Highlands and Islands
Praying Hands, Glen Lyon	Camusvrachan	Tayside
Prince Charlie's Cave	Elgol	Highlands and Islands
Prince's Cairn, Loch nan Uamh	Arisaig	Highlands and Islands
Prince's Walk, Kinlochmoidart	Kinlochmoidart	Highlands and Islands
Queen's View	Pitlochry	Tayside
Randolph's Leap	Logie	Grampian
Rassal Ashwood NNR	Ardarroch	Highlands and Islands
Reekie Linn Waterfall	Bridge of Craigisla	Tayside
Rha Waterfall	Uig	Highlands and Islands
Road to the Isles	Fort William	Highlands and Islands
Rogie Falls	Contin	Highlands and Islands
Royal Deeside		Grampian
Sandwood Bay	Kinlochbervie	Highlands and Islands
Scalpsie Bay and Seals	Rothesay	Strathclyde
Scott's View	Melrose	Borders
Skiba Geo & Birsay Whalebone	Birsay	Highlands and Islands
Smoo Cave	Durness	Highlands and Islands
Solway Coastal Drive	Dumfries	Dumfries and Galloway
St Abb's Head	Coldingham	Borders
St Ninian's Cave	Physgill	Dumfries and Galloway
Staffa	Fionnphort	Strathclyde
Suisnish Clearance Village	Torrin	Highlands and Islands
Talisker Bay Walk	Carbost	Highlands and Islands
Tay Forest Park	Pitlochry	Tayside
The Birnam Oak	Dunkeld	Tayside
The Hermitage	Dunkeld	Tayside
The Hirsel Estate & Homestead Museum	Coldstream	Borders
The Quiraing	Staffin	Highlands and Islands
The Strand	Garvard	Strathclyde
The Trossachs	Balmaha	Central Scotland
Torridon	Torridon	Highlands and Islands
Trotternish Peninsula	Portree	Highlands and Islands
Unst and Yell	Baltasound	Highlands and Islands
Wailing Widow Falls	Unapool	Highlands and Islands
Weem Forest & St David's Well	Aberfeldy	Tayside
Wood of Cree	Newton Stewart	Dumfries and Galloway
Yesnaby	Yesnaby	Highlands and Islands
Name	Town	County	Organisation	Heritage Rating