Loch Earn - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
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Loch Earn is a fresh water loch 17km west of Crieff in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. It is also home to the Loch Earn Watersports Centre who offer multiple watersports activities ranging from waterskiing and wakeboarding to kayaking and SUP hire. The loch is the source of the River Earn which eventually joins the River Tay near the village of Bridge of Earn in Perthshire.
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Edinample Castle
1.85km from Loch Earn
Edinample Castle is a late 16th century castle on the southern shores of Loch Earn near Lochearnhead. The castle takes the form of a Z-plan tower house, originally built by 'Black' Duncan Campbell. The castle was extended in both the 18th and early 20th centuries, but fell into a state of dereliction by the early 1970s. It has now been refurbished for use as a private family home.
Ben Vorlich
4.6km from Loch Earn
Ben Vorlich is a mountain located in the southern part of the Highlands of Scotland. Due to its prominence when seen from the lower ground of the Central Belt, Ben Vorlich is one of the most commonly seen of Munros, Scotland's peaks of 3000ft height or above. It lies in an area of land bounded to the north by Loch Earn, and to the west by Loch Lubnaig. The town of Callander lies to the south.
Stuc a'Chroin
6.01km from Loch Earn
Stuc a’Chroin possibly means hill of the little sheepfold, a reference to Gleann a’Chroin which is overlooked by Meall na Caora, hill of the sheep, and Beinn Each, hill of the horses. The Stuc a’Chroin hill race starts and finishes in Strathyre; 14 miles with an overall ascent of 5,000ft. The record time is under two hours. A longer, unfrequented route of ascent to Stùc a' Chroin from Arivurichardich ascends the mountain's south east ridge.
Beinn Each
7.92km from Loch Earn
Beinn Each is a mountain in the southern Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It is located in Stirlingshire, north of the town of Callander. Rising steeply from the valley below, it makes for a straightforward climb from the nearby Loch Lubnaig and is often climbed in conjunction with the nearby Munro Stùc a' Chroin.
Falls Of Dochart
10.3km from Loch Earn
The Falls of Dochart are a cascade of waterfalls situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Stirling, Scotland, near the western end of Loch Tay. The Bridge of Dochart, first constructed in 1760, crosses the river at Killin offering a view of the falls as they cascade over the rocks and around the island of Inchbuie, which is the ancient burial place of the MacNab clan.
Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve Office
10.65km from Loch Earn
Ben Lawers Nature Reserve is a range of mountains, connecting ridges, cliffs and lochans,Built of ancient rocks, folded and faulted in picturesque contortions, and home to the most celebrated collection of mountain plants in Britain. Encompassing almost 4,500ha of the southern and/or eastern slopes of the Ben Lawers and Tarmachan ranges, it’s managed for conservation and public access.
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Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire, the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.
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