Loch Skae
Loch Skae is a small, upland freshwater loch to the north of Blackcraig Hill, approximately 18 miles west of Dumfries, Scotland, 0.5 mi east of Loch Howie, and 1 mi south of the A702.Photo: Bob Peace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balmaclellan and St John’s Town of Dalry.
Balmaclellan
Village
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells. Balmaclellan is situated 4½ miles southwest of Loch Skae.
St John’s Town of Dalry
Village
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St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. St John’s Town of Dalry is situated 6 miles west of Loch Skae.
Corsock
Village
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Corsock is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 8 miles north of Castle Douglas, and the same distance east of New Galloway, on the Urr Water. Corsock is situated 6 miles southeast of Loch Skae.
Loch Skae
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, outflows north to Loch Skae Burn
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Loch Skae from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Skae” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Skae”
- Swedish: “Loch Skae”
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