Craigellachie
Craigellachie is a peak in Highland Council, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,627 feet. Craigellachie is situated nearby to the hamlet Lynwilg, as well as near Inverdruie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Craigellachie National Nature Reserve and Aviemore railway station.
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
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Craigellachie is a hill lying to the west of the village of Aviemore in Strathspey, in the central Highlands of Scotland. Craigellachie was declared a national nature reserve in 1961, and is managed by NatureScot through a lease from Reidhaven Estate.
Aviemore railway station
Railway station
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Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail, is on the Highland Main Line, 83 miles 31 chains from Perth, between Kingussie and Carrbridge, and is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey preserved railway.
Loch Alvie
Lake
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Loch Alvie is a loch located north of the River Spey, in the civil parish of Alvie, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The loch is about two miles southwest of Aviemore. HMS Loch Alvie, launched in 1944, is named after the loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aviemore and Inverdruie.
Aviemore
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Aviemore is a town in the Spey Valley of Highland Scotland. It's the main base for skiing and other outdoor activities in Cairngorms National Park. It's the largest of a straggle of villages including Rothiemurcus and Coylumbridge, also described here, and in 2020 had a population of 3230.
Inverdruie
Hamlet
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Inverdruie is a small rural hamlet, that lies 2 miles southeast of Aviemore, in the strath of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Alvie
Hamlet
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Alvie is a small crofting hamlet on the south shore of Loch Alvie in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, within the Scottish council area of Highland.
Craigellachie
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,627 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.18804° or 57° 11′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.85353° or 3° 51′ 13″ westElevation
1,627 feet (496 metres)Open location code
9C9R54QW+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 6280774997OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12616555
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In Other Languages
“Craigellachie” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Creag Eileachaidh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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