Loch Ruthven
Loch Ruthven is a large loch which lies to the southeast of Loch Ness in the Highland region of Scotland. It is 2.25 miles long, extends over an area of 368 acres and is up to 42 feet deep.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Duntelchaig.
Loch Duntelchaig
Lake
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Loch Duntelchaig is a freshwater loch in the traditional county of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It extends 5 kilometres from the southwest to its outflow in the northeast and measures up to 1.75 kilometres at its widest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farr and Dores.
Farr
Village
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Farr is a large area in Strathnairn, about 12 kilometres south of Inverness, in the Highland of Scotland. Much of the area is spread along the B851 single track road. Farr is situated 3½ miles northeast of Loch Ruthven.
Dores
Village
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Dores is a village located on the east shore of Loch Ness, 10 km south west of the city of Inverness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The now defunct RockNess music festival used to take place in fields to the north of the village. Dores is situated 4 miles northwest of Loch Ruthven.
Inverernie
Village
Inverernie is a small settlement, with a local shop, within Farr and the wider area of Strathnairn in the Highlands of Scotland. This corner of Farr was originally home to Inverernie Estate before it was later sold in the mid 20th century. Inverernie is situated 5 miles northeast of Loch Ruthven.
Loch Ruthven
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows west via a watercourse to River Farigaig
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Ruthven” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Ruthven”
- French: “loch Ruthven”
- French: “Loch Ruthven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Ruthven”
- Swedish: “Loch Ruthven”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loch Ruthven”. Photo: djmacpherson, CC BY-SA 2.0.