Wells of Dee

Wells of Dee is a spring in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Wells of Dee is situated nearby to the waterfall Falls of Dee, as well as near the peak Carn na Criche.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falls of Dee and Braeriach.

Falls of Dee

Waterfall

Photo: Donald Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Falls of Dee is a waterfall on Braeriach in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Falls of Dee is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Wells of Dee.

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.

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 4½ miles northeast of Wells of Dee.

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 Wells of Dee.

Wells of Dee

Type: Spring
Category: body of water
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.06863° or 57° 4′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.75267° or 3° 45′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C9R369W+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5896102012

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carn na Criche and Loch Coire an Lochain.

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