Skip to main content
Menu

We use cookies to provide you with a better service. Continue browsing if you consent to this, or view our Cookie Policy.

NatureScot Logo NatureScot Logo
Close navigation
  • Home
  • About NatureScot
  • Climate change
  • Coronavirus
  • Funding and Projects
  • Enjoying the outdoors
  • EU Exit information
  • Information hub
  • Landforms and geology
  • Landscapes and habitats
  • Plants, animals and fungi
  • Professional advice
  • Scotland's biodiversity

Explore the North Coast 500

Breadcrumb navigation

  • Enjoying the outdoors
    • About NatureScot
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Funding and Projects
    • EU Exit information
    • Information hub
    • Landforms and geology
    • Landscapes and habitats
    • Plants, animals and fungi
    • Professional advice
    • Scotland's biodiversity
  • Explore Scotland
    • ​Your access rights
    • Get active outdoors
    • Events
    • Routes to explore
    • Under the sea
    • What to see in your area
    • NatureScot nature reserves
    • Scotland's National Nature Reserves
    • Find a country park
    • Discover your Local Nature Reserve
    • Explore a regional park
    • Discover our National Parks
    • Communities and landscape
    • Volunteer in the outdoors
    • Visit a geopark
  • Explore the North Coast 500
    • Aberdeenshire
    • Heart of Argyll
    • Ayrshire and Arran
    • Cairngorms National Park
    • Caithness and Sutherland
    • Dumfries and Galloway
    • East Lothian
    • Easter Ross
    • Great Glen
    • Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
    • Outer Hebrides
    • Scottish Borders
    • Stirling and The Trossachs
    • Wester Ross
North Coast 500 - front cover

Three dramatically different coasts await you. Refresh your senses among the spectacular mountains, experience the power of the elements on dramatic headlands and wander along deserted beaches to really connect with nature and the local heritage.

You can read our new NC500 Explore leaflet by downloading an e-flipbook.

Pages: 40
Published: 2020

Share

You may also be interested in

Explore Scotland

Get more out of your next day trip. Our Explore for a day guides reveal the best places to enjoy nature, landscapes and history in 14 areas of Scotland.

Enjoying the outdoors

Scotland’s great outdoors is yours to explore. Find ways to enjoy our incredible landscapes and wildlife and get closer to nature.

News

Revamp for Scotland's favourite paths

New funding to remove barriers and improve access for some of Scotland's best-loved paths.

News - 22 January

Frozen lochs - what lies beneath?

Beautiful to look at, but have you ever wondered why lochs freeze from the top down?

Blog - 22 January

New Wildlife crime investigator

Tackling raptor persecution, poaching and hare coursing will be top priorities covering all of Scotland.

News - 15 January

Soilleireachadh ‘dubhair’ air mapaichean

Shedding light on 'darkness' in the landscape. January's dual-language blog (Gaelic/English).

Blog - 21 January

Woodland bird recovery

Read the latest official statistics published today showing woodland birds appear to have recovered from a short-term decline.

News - 14 January

YCW2020 - A Day in the Life

Join Freshwater and Wetlands Advice Manager Iain Sime on Dark Lochnagar to learn about our work on water monitoring.

Blog - 18 December

View all news

View all blogs

Back to top Back to top

Quick Links

  • SNHI data services
  • Our work
  • Coronavirus
  • What we do
  • Contact us
  • Funding
  • Licensing
  • Careers
  • Events
  • Battleby Conference Centre
  • Sitemap
  • Board, Directors and Committees
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Wordpress
  • Flickr

 

© NatureScot 2020

  • Privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Accessibility
  • Copyright
  • Links policy
  • Feedback