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 Region
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
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