Dornoch Firth National Scenic Area

16 Trails 38 POIs 1 Peak 3 Campsites 2 Viewpoints
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Description

The Dornoch Firth (Scottish Gaelic: Caolas Dhòrnaich) is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north. The firth is designated as a national scenic area. A review of the national scenic areas by Scottish Natural Heritage in 2010 commented: "By comparison with other east coast firths the Dornoch Firth is narrow and sinuous, yet it exhibits within its compass a surprising variety of landscapes. It is enclosed by abrupt rounded granitic hills clad in heather moor and scree, their Gaelic names of cnoc, meall and creag giving the clue to their character. Their lower slopes are frequently wooded, oakwoods being a noticeable feature of the area, but with other deciduous and coniferous species represented in plantations which vary from the policy plantings of Skibo Castle to the pines of the Struie Forest." — SNH

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Church Street
  • EuroVelo 12 - part United Kingdom
  • NCN National Route 1
  • The Struie Hill Path

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Ardgay
  • Ardmore
  • Bridge Hotel
  • Clashmore
  • Crannag Bistro
  • Dornoch Firth Caravan Park
  • Dornoch camping and caravaning site
  • Easter Fearn Point
  • Ferry Point
  • Ferrytown
  • Pulrossie
  • Skibo Castle
  • Spar
  • Spinningdale
  • Struie Hill
  • Struie Hill Vista
  • Swordale
  • Tain
  • The Caley Cafe
  • Wester Fearn Point

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Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from Viewfinderpanoramas.org (Jonathan de Ferranti). Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©sylvia duckworth https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shoreline_looking_across_Dornoch_Firth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_687442.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)