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Day 2 of 14 · Elphin · The Secret Northwest: Geopark & Hidden Coves

Day 2 — Elphin & Knockan Crag Geopark

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A nature day to your new base in Elphin, with 1 h 37 on the road.

Elphin & Knockan Crag Geopark
Rock Art, Knockan Crag Joe Smith's stone globe on the slopes of Knockan Crag. Lochan an Ais in the background. © photographed on 29 July 2008 by Gordon Hatton — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 2 · Elphin · United Kingdom

We sleep in Elphin, 3.3 km from the place visited

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day 2 1 night 1 h 37 on the road115 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 30. Based on: nature reserve; nature reserve reached from the stage (Knockan Crag).

programme
8 h
road
1 h 37

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Elphin Driftwood & Crofting Museum

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On the way

Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.

  • Rogie Falls

    Rogie Falls

    A scenic stop featuring a suspension bridge over the Black Water river with visible geological rock formations.

    45 min there · detour +3 km · View on Google Maps

    © photographed on 2 June 2007 by Andrew Wood — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

  • Ullapool

    Ullapool

    A coastal village situated on the shores of Loch Broom, offering views of the surrounding ancient metamorphic landscape.

    45 min there · detour +9 km · View on Google Maps

    © photographed in 2003 by Thewhale (Walter A. Lüthi) — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons