Callander

Worth the detour from Callander

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

Driving roads near Callander

• 39 kmGlen LyonScotland's longest enclosed glen: 34 miles of single-track road along the River Lyon past Fortingall's 3,000-year-old yew, Bridge of Balgie tearoom and the Ben Lawers dam. Sir Walter Scott called it the longest, loneliest, loveliest glen.
• 42 kmRest and Be ThankfulA famous viewpoint at the top of Glen Croe where 18th-century soldiers carved the name into a stone after completing the military road.
• 57 kmQueensferry CrossingThe world's longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge, opened in 2017, carrying the M90 high over the Firth of Forth alongside its famous Victorian and 1960s neighbours: three centuries of bridges in one view.
• 58 kmGlen EtiveA remote single-track road winding past waterfalls and a Skyfall filming spot down to a sea loch, deep wilderness.
• 61 kmBuachaille Etive MòrA perfect pyramid of a mountain guarding the entrance to Glen Coe, with Lagangarbh hut making the postcard shot.
• 62 kmDevil's Staircase ViewpointThe highest point on the West Highland Way with stunning views of Buachaille Etive Mor and the Glencoe mountains.

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