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Scottish Highlands · 7 days

🏴Scotland NC500 — 7 days

The North Coast 500 in a week: single-track roads, empty beaches, distilleries and wild camping around the top of Scotland.

Illustration of the region, not a photograph of a stop on the route.

7

days

7

stops

Steady

pace

Returns to the start

shape

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Use this itineraryor start your own

Taking it makes your own editable copy: every stop is geocoded and every leg re-routed on real roads, so the drive times are yours, not ours.

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    Inverness

    overnight

    Gateway to the NC500.

  2. Day 2

    Applecross

    activity

    Over the Bealach na Bà pass.

  3. Day 3

    Torridon

    campsite

  4. Day 4

    Ullapool

    overnight

  5. Day 5

    Durness

    activity

    The far north-west — beaches and Smoo Cave.

  6. Day 6

    John o’ Groats

    visit

    The top corner.

  7. Day 7

    Inverness

    visit

    Loop closed.

Distances and drive times are not listed here because they are not guesses — they are measured on the real road network when you take the trip, from wherever you actually start.

Plan it with the people coming

Invite your crew, vote on stops, split the costs, and share a read-only link with the folks at home. It keeps working when the signal does not.

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