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Crown And City Centre

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve – View of Beauly Firth loop from Inverness

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Crown And City Centre

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve – View of Beauly Firth loop from Inverness

Moderate

4.3

(22)

107

hikers

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve – View of Beauly Firth loop from Inverness

02:15

8.85km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

512 m

Old High Church, Inverness

Highlight • Historical Site

Very nice photo motifs

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2

2.80 km

View of Kessock Bridge and the lighthouse

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you still feel like going after the Great Glen Way and looking for a place to devote yourself to the sea - a place like Cape Finisterre, which may not be the end of the world, but the end of an experience that can to go here, sit on the bench and watch the ships leave.
Once you have arrived here you have the feeling of having walked from coast to coast.

Back to the city center you can also - for the first time in hundreds of kilometers - take the bus if you do not feel like walking back through the residential area.

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3

3.25 km

South Kessock Ferry Disaster Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Memorial to the ferry accident in 1894.

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3.50 km

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

Nice path along the (tidal) nature reserves. Views on the mountains on the other side of the water, plenty of picnic benches and a good parking area

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5

3.97 km

Silver Pool

Highlight • Lake

6

3.99 km

Wooden Boardwalk Through Wetlands

Highlight • Trail

7

4.97 km

View of Beauly Firth

Highlight • Lake

Magnificent views of the Beauly Firth

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8.85 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.93 km

3.33 km

621 m

535 m

439 m

Surfaces

4.02 km

1.80 km

1.75 km

539 m

416 m

285 m

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