Falls of Dee

Falls of Dee is a waterfall on Braeriach in the Cairngorms, Scotland.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Braeriach and Sgòr an Lochain Uaine.

Braeriach

Peak

Braeriach or Brae Riach is the third-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui, rising 1,296 metres above sea level.

Sgòr an Lochain Uaine

Peak

Photo: El.Sarmiento, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sgòr an Lochain Uaine is one of the Cairngorms mountains in the Scottish Highlands. Rising to 1,258 metres, by some counts it is the fifth-highest mountain in Scotland.

Loch Coire an Lochain is a small freshwater loch located below the summit of Braeriach in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. At 997 m above sea level, it is among the highest named bodies of water in the British Isles…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coire an t-Sneachda and Lairig an Laoigh.

Coire an t-Sneachda

Locality

Photo: Nk.sheridan, Public domain.

Coire an t-Sneachda is a glacial cirque or corrie landform in the Cairngorm or Am Monadh Ruadh mountain range in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands. Coire an t-Sneachda is situated 4 miles northeast of Falls of Dee.

Lairig an Laoigh

Locality

The Lairig an Laoigh is a mountain pass through the Highlands of Scotland. In speech and sometimes in writing the name is reduced to "Lairig Laoigh". It is of glacial origin, dissecting the Cairngorm plateau, and it runs roughly north–south from Speyside to Deeside at one time being used as a drove road. Lairig an Laoigh is situated 6 miles east of Falls of Dee.

Falls of Dee

Type: Waterfall
Description: waterfall in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Category: body of water
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.07128° or 57° 4′ 17″ north

Longitude

-3.74349° or 3° 44′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C9R37C4+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2657573438

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

Wikidata ID

Q5432516

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wells of Dee and Carn na Criche.

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