Pitlochry

Worth the detour from Pitlochry

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

Driving roads near Pitlochry

• 27 kmCairnwell PassThe highest main road in Britain at 670m, where the A93 crosses the Grampians at Glenshee between Braemar and the ski centre. The famously steep Devil's Elbow hairpins lie just below the summit.
• 37 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.
• 46 kmCairngorm Mountain FunicularA funicular railway climbing high into the Cairngorms near Aviemore for panoramic alpine views and winter snowsports.
• 62 kmThe Lecht (A939 Old Military Road)Notorious high crossing of the eastern Cairngorms on the 18th-century military road between Cockbridge and Tomintoul, climbing to 637m with roller-coaster gradients: often the first UK road closed by snow.
• 72 kmDevil's Staircase ViewpointThe highest point on the West Highland Way with stunning views of Buachaille Etive Mor and the Glencoe mountains.
• 72 kmBuachaille Etive MòrA perfect pyramid of a mountain guarding the entrance to Glen Coe, with Lagangarbh hut making the postcard shot.

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