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