List of the highest roads in Scotland

This is a list of the highest paved
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public roads in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Rank	Height	Name	Between	Road number	Type
1	670 m	Cairnwell Pass Cairnwell Pass The Cairnwell Pass is a mountain pass on the A93 road between Glen Shee, Perthshire, and Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in the Scottish Highlands. The border between the two counties crosses the summit of the pass...	Braemar Braemar Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an altitude of .... and Spittal of Glenshee Spittal of Glenshee left\|thumb\|Standing stone at Spittal of GlensheeThe Spittal of Glenshee lies at the head of Glenshee in the highlands of eastern Perth and Kinross, Scotland where the confluence of many small streams flowing south out of the Grampians form the Shee Water...	A93	Pass
2	644 m	The Lecht	Cock Bridge and Tomintoul Tomintoul Tomintoul is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland; until 1975 it was located in the county of Banffshire.It is said to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, but at is still significantly lower than the highest village in Scotland .The village was laid out on a grid pattern...	A939 A939 road The A939 'Lecht Road' connects the A96 at Nairn on the Moray Coast with the A95 Grantown on Spey, then it continues to the A93 at Ballater by way of the Grampian Mountains, passing Tomintoul and the Lecht Ski Centre.This road passes over four summits:...	Pass
3	625 m	Bealach na Bà Bealach na Ba Bealach na Bà is a historic pass through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands—and the name of a famous twisting, single-track mountain road through the pass and mountains....	Tornapress (Loch Kishorn Loch Kishorn Loch Kishorn is a sea loch in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.-Topography:Loch Kishorn is a northern branch of Loch Carron about 1.5 km wide and 4 km long, and with a maximum depth of about 60 m. It is fed by the River Kishorn which flows from the north and enters through an... ) and Applecross Applecross The Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...	unclassified	Pass
4	610 m	Cairn Gorm ski centre Cairn Gorm Cairn Gorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore. At 1245 metres it is the sixth highest mountain in the United Kingdom...	East of Aviemore Aviemore Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...	unclassified	Dead end
5	555 m	Lochan na Lairige	Edramucky (Loch Tay Loch Tay Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire.It is a long narrow loch of around 14 miles long, and typically around 1 to 1½ miles wide, following the line of the valley from the south west to north east... ) and Bridge of Balgie (Glen Lyon Glen Lyon Glen Lyon may refer to:Glen Lyon, Scotland , a glen in the Perth and Kinross area of ScotlandGlen Lyon, Pennsylvania, a U.S. village named after the Scottish glen... )	unclasssified	Pass
6	550 m	Tom Dubh	Gairnshiel and Corgarff Corgarff Corgarff is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in the Grampian Mountains. The nearby Corgarff Castle was used as a military barracks in the 18th century. The hamlet's primary school closed in 1998.-Footnotes:...	A939 A939 road The A939 'Lecht Road' connects the A96 at Nairn on the Moray Coast with the A95 Grantown on Spey, then it continues to the A93 at Ballater by way of the Grampian Mountains, passing Tomintoul and the Lecht Ski Centre.This road passes over four summits:...	Pass
7	530 m	head of Glen Quaich Glen Quaich Glen Quaich is a Scottish glen near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, which gets its name from the River Quaich which runs through it into Loch Freuchie.-External links:***...	Amulree Amulree Amulree is a small hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies in hilly country on the A822 road, 1 km east of Loch Freuchie in Strathbraan, 8 km west of Dunkeld and 10 km north of Crieff.Its parish church contains copies of records of the large number of people who stayed there... and Kenmore	unclassified	Pass
8	480 m	The Strone	Crathie and Gairnshiel	B976	Pass
9	475 m	Glen Kyllachy	Garbole (Strathdearn) and Farr Farr, Strathnairn Farr is a large area in Strathnairn, about 12 km south of Inverness, in the Highland of Scotland. Much of the area is spread along the B851 single track road. Its boundaries lie just north of Inverernie and Dalveallan, to the south of Socaich, in the west to the Biorraid, and in the east where the... (Strathnairn Farr, Strathnairn Farr is a large area in Strathnairn, about 12 km south of Inverness, in the Highland of Scotland. Much of the area is spread along the B851 single track road. Its boundaries lie just north of Inverernie and Dalveallan, to the south of Socaich, in the west to the Biorraid, and in the east where the... )	unclassified	Pass
10	466 m	Glengonnar	Wanlockhead Wanlockhead Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland nestling in the Lowther Hills one mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands... and Leadhills Leadhills Leadhills is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5¾ miles WSW of Elvanfoot. Population 835. Originally known as Waterhead, It is the second highest village in Scotland after Wanlockhead, lying 395m above sea-level, near the source of Glengonnar Water, an affluent of the River Clyde...	B797	Pass
11	461 m	Guffock Hill	Crawick and Fingland	unclassified	Pass
12	460 m	Pass of Drumochter Pass of Drumochter The Pass of Drumochter is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands. The A9 road passes through here, as does the Highland Main Line, the railway between Inverness and the south of Scotland...	Dalwhinnie Dalwhinnie Dalwhinnie "Meeting Place" is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.-Location:Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m. It is one of the coldest villages in the UK, having an average annual temperature of 6.5oC, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering.It is north of Drumochter,... and Blair Atholl Blair Atholl Blair Atholl is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains. The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location...	A9	Pass
13	452 m	Megget Stone	Tweedsmuir Tweedsmuir The village of Tweedsmuir is a village and civil parish situated from the source of the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.... and St Mary's Loch St Mary's Loch St Mary's Loch is the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders, and is situated on the A708 road between Selkirk and Moffat, about south of Edinburgh. It is long and wide, and was created by glacial action during the last ice age...	unclassified	Pass
14	447 m	Cairn o' Mount	Banchory Banchory Banchory is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, lying approximately 18 miles west of Aberdeen, near where the Feugh River meets the River Dee.- Overview :... and Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn is a small village in northeast Scotland. It is located northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell...	B974	Pass
15	443 m	North of Trinafour Trinafour Trinafour is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately seventeen miles north-west of Pitlochry, its nearest town. It is located at the western edge of Glen Errochty....	Glen Errochty and Glen Garry	unclassified	Pass
16	438 m	West of Bridge of Brown	Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness .It is the main town in what was the... and Tomintoul Tomintoul Tomintoul is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland; until 1975 it was located in the county of Banffshire.It is said to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, but at is still significantly lower than the highest village in Scotland .The village was laid out on a grid pattern...	A939 A939 road The A939 'Lecht Road' connects the A96 at Nairn on the Moray Coast with the A95 Grantown on Spey, then it continues to the A93 at Ballater by way of the Grampian Mountains, passing Tomintoul and the Lecht Ski Centre.This road passes over four summits:...	Pass
17	434 m	Redstone Rig	Gifford Gifford, East Lothian Gifford is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of Haddington and 25 miles east of Edinburgh.-History:... and Longformacus Longformacus Longformacus is a small village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is around north-west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. The Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its confluence with the Whiteadder Water nearby...	unclassified	Pass
18	433 m	shoulder of Shalloch on Minnoch Shalloch on Minnoch Shalloch on Minnoch is a Corbett at the north end of the "Awful Hand" range in the Southern Uplands of southern Scotland.-References:...	Glentrool Glentrool Glentrool is a collection of mountain biking routes through the heart of Galloway in southwest Scotland. The mountain bike routes are part of the 7Stanes project by the Forestry Commission throughout the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.... and Straiton Straiton Straiton is a village on the River Girvan in South Ayrshire in Scotland, mainly built in the 18th century, but with some recent housing.It was the main location for the film The Match, where two rival pubs played an annual football match as a challenge...	unclassified	Pass
19	419 m	Cabrach Cabrach Cabrach is a civil parish in Moray, Scotland. The name means "antler place" in Scottish Gaelic.-External links:* *...	Dufftown Dufftown Dufftown is a burgh in Banffshire, Scotland.The town was originally named Mortlach in the Middle Ages, until the 19th century when the Earl of Fife built the town as a housing for soldiers returning home from war... and Rhynie	A941	Pass
20=	418 m	Carter Bar Carter Bar The Carter Bar is the point at which the A68 crosses the England-Scotland border and forms a pass located at the top of Redesdale in the Cheviot Hills at an altitude of . The first sizeable Scottish town is Jedburgh approximately north. Other nearby Scottish towns include Hawick away and Kelso...	Jedburgh Jedburgh Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey... and Rochester Rochester, Northumberland Rochester is a small village and civil parish in north Northumberland, England. It is five miles north-east of Otterburn on the A68 road between Corbridge and Jedburgh...	A68	Pass
20=	418 m	Spittal of Glenmuick	South of Ballater Ballater Ballater is a burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Dee, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains. Situated at a height of 123m in elevation, Ballater is a centre for hikers and known for its spring water, once said to cure scrofula.-History:The medieval pattern of development along...	unclassified	Dead end
22	414 m	Loch Daimh	North of Glen Lyon Glen Lyon Glen Lyon may refer to:Glen Lyon, Scotland , a glen in the Perth and Kinross area of ScotlandGlen Lyon, Pennsylvania, a U.S. village named after the Scottish glen...	unclassified	Dead end
23	412 m	Flecket Hill (near Devil's Beeftub)	Moffat Moffat Moffat is a former burgh and spa town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. The most notable building in the town is the Moffat House Hotel, designed by John Adam... and Broughton	A701 A701 road -Route:The A701 leaves Dumfries and travels north to meet the A74 at Beattock. It thens joins the A74 for a short spell before branching off to the north-east towards Moffat and ultimately Edinburgh....	Pass
24	406 m	Torfichen Hill	Middleton and Innerleithen Innerleithen Innerleithen is a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders.-Etymology:The name "Innerleithen" comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "confluence of the Leithen", because it is here that the river joins the Tweed. The prefix "Inner-/Inver-" is common in many Scottish...	B7007	Pass
25	405 m	Slochd Summit Slochd Summit The Slochd Summit is a mountain pass on the A9 road and the Highland Main Line Railway in the Scottish Highlands between Inverness and Aviemore. An old military road also goes through the pass...	Carrbridge Carrbridge Carrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy.It has the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands and nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest... and Tomatin Tomatin Tomatin is a small village on the River Findhorn in Strathdearn in the Scottish Highlands about south of the city of Inverness. The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic name Tom-Ah-Tin . The river Findhorn rises at Coignafearn, a large game estate near Tomatin, and then passes through Tomatin...	A9	Pass
26	400 m	Glen Cochill	Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Aberfeldy may refer to the following places:Aberfeldy, ScotlandAberfeldy, Ontario, CanadaAberfeldy, Saskatchewan, CanadaAberfeldy, Victoria, Australia-Other:*Aberfeldy , an indie/chamber pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland... and Strathbraan	A826	Pass
27	393 m	Carn an t-Suidhe	Fort Augustus Fort Augustus Fort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 ; its economy is heavily reliant on tourism.... and Whitebridge Whitebridge, Scotland Whitebridge is a small village on the southeast side of Loch Ness in northern Scotland. It is roughly 25 miles from Inverness and eight miles from Fort Augustus. Whitebridge is home to fewer than 100 people spread over roughly 5 miles. It is a very popular tourist destination. Most of the...	B862	Pass
28	390 m	Suie Hill	Bridge of Alford and Clatt	unclassified	Pass

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