Waterfall · On the route
Eas Bàn
Waterfall on the Russel Burn near Loch Kishorn, Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0Applecross and Torridon
A day loop from Lochcarron over Bealach na Ba, round the Applecross coast road to Shieldaig, then through Glen Torridon and back by Achnasheen.
- Distance
- 89 miles (143 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Highlands
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 41 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 4
- Curvature
- 155 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 8
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 17 to mile 59. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 28 to mile 48, at 257 degrees of turning a mile.
- Passes: Bealach na Bà (626 m, mile 12).
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Bealach na Ba is single track with tight hairpins near the top. The road sign warns learners and large vehicles off it for a reason.
- The Applecross coast road is narrow and slow. Fill up in Lochcarron.
On the way
- Lochcarron
- Tornapress
- Bealach na Ba summit
- Applecross
- Fearnmore
- Shieldaig
- Kinlochewe
- Achnasheen
- Lochcarron
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What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Waterfall · 0.4 km off the route
Falls of Balgy
Waterfall in Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · On the route
Eas Mòr
Waterfall on the River Torridon in Highland, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on WikipediaPlace details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.