Interactive map of photos, places and mountains focussed on Northern Sutherland. Have a play and explore with the map, click on mountains, photos and routes to see and read more.
Important note: Routes on this map are provided as an indication only in good faith. They are approximate and indicative and should not be relied on for navigation or as a guarantee that any specific person will be capable of completing them. Read more here.
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Northern Sutherland
Northern Sutherland comprises of the far north west tip of the Scottish mainland and is an area of mountains, moors, ...
Foinaven and Arkle
Foinaven and its neighbour Arkle are amongst Scotland's finest and most starkly beautiful mountains. Foinaven is one of the highest ...
Northern Sutherland interactive map
Interactive map of photos, places and mountains focussed on Northern Sutherland. Have a play and explore with the map, click ...
Northern Sutherland select photo gallery
A select gallery of only my very best or favourite Northern Sutherland photos. From dawn over Ben Hope and the ...
Beinn Leoid and Meallan a’ Chuail
Beinn Leoid and Meallan a' Chuail are remote charismatic peaks in the area between Loch Merkland and Glen Coul north ...
Ben Hope – the most northerly Munro
Ben Hope is famed as the most northerly Munro and is an iconic mountain of Sutherland and the far north ...
The Foinaven and Reay Forest Mountains
The group of hills comprising of Foinaven and the Reay Forest areas are exceptionally wild and remote and include the ...
Distinct Mountains of the Far North
These are distinct mountains that do not belong to a logical or easily definable "mountain range" in the far north ...
Dun Dornaigil Broch and Strath More
Dun Dornaigil (or Dun Dornadilla) is an excellent example of an iron age broch built around 2000 to 2500 years ...
Ard Neackie & Loch Eriboll
Ard Neackie is a small scenic peninsula on the east side of Loch Eriboll joined to the mainland by a ...
Loch Hope and the Hope to Altnaharra Road
The hamlet of Hope on the A838 (North Coast 500 route) is at the north end of Loch Hope. From ...
Farr Bay, Bettyhill
Farr Bay on the east side of the north coast village of Bettyhill is a stunningly scenic location. It is ...
Ceannabeinne Durness – Grey November Day but Still Beautiful
Saturday was a grey day in the far north, there was some mizzle in Caithness to start. The forecast had seemed okay so I set out with my boy to head west and do something. No firm plans, just a need (on my part) to get out of the house ...
Ben Hope Summit Camp
Back in July I had a free weekend that coincided with good weather in the north west. This generally seems to be a rare occurrence with good weather appearing to only happen during the working week. Whilst having climbed Ben Hope many times I had never spent a night high ...
Puffin Colony – Wester Clett, Sutherland
Just on the Sutherland side of the Sutherland/Caithness border, on the coast at Drumhollistan Moss, is a complex series of deep geos, or coastal inlets, with a steep sided island called Wester Clett in the middle. Wester Clett has been popularly named "Puffin Island" and the surrounding geos as "Puffin ...