Ochil Hills
The Ochil Hills is a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the cities of Stirling, Perth and the towns of Alloa, Kinross, and Auchterarder.Photo: Hellinterface, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,549 feet
- Description: mountain range in Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Monach Oicheal” and “Ochils”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchterarder and Glen Eagles.
Auchterarder
Town
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchterarder is a town north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the Gleneagles Hotel. It is also once part of the historic county of Perthshire. Auchterarder is situated 3½ miles northwest of Ochil Hills.
Glen Eagles
Village
Glen Eagles is a glen that connects with Glen Devon to form a pass through the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. The name's origin has nothing to do with eagles, and is a corruption of eaglais or ecclesia, meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo, which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family that owns the Gleneagles estate. Glen Eagles is situated 4 miles northwest of Ochil Hills.
Blackford
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackford is located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 5 miles from the town of Auchterarder. The village is located just off the A9 between Perth and Stirling which has been bypassed since 1978. Blackford is situated 4½ miles west of Ochil Hills.
Ochil Hills
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Ochil Hills” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ochil mendiak”
- Breton: “Monadh Ochail”
- Breton: “Monadh Oicheal”
- Cebuano: “Ochil Hills”
- Chinese: “奥克尔山”
- Dutch: “Ochil Hills”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تلال اوشيل”
- French: “monts Ochil”
- French: “Monts Ochil”
- German: “Ochil Hills”
- Hebrew: “גבעות אוצ’יל”
- Irish: “Monadh Ochail”
- Irish: “Monadh Oicheal”
- Japanese: “オウヒル丘陵”
- Ladin: “Ochil Hills”
- Polish: “Ochil Hills”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Monadh Ochail”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Monadh Ochaill”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Monadh Oicheal”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ochil Hills”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ochils”
- Swedish: “Ochil Hills”
- Venetian: “Ochil Hills”
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