Loch Ettrick
Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Closeburn and Ae.
Closeburn
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is situated 3 miles west of Loch Ettrick.
Ae
Village
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Ae is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is located on the edge of a 15,000-acre human-made conifer forest, and is approximately 9 miles north of Dumfries. Ae is situated 3½ miles southeast of Loch Ettrick.
Thornhill
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 4½ miles west of Loch Ettrick.
Loch Ettrick
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, outflows south via a watercourse to Pothouse Burn
- Category: lake
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.22681° or 55° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.65956° or 3° 39′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C7R68GR+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 43462047OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q3257699
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Scots—“Loch Ettrick” goes by many names.
- French: “loch Ettrick”
- French: “Loch Ettrick”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Ettrick”
- Scots: “Loch Ettrick”
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Highlights include Sowens Knowe and Clauchrie Forest.
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