Highland Folk Museum loop from Newtonmore

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Highland Folk Museum loop from Newtonmore

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Highland Folk Museum loop from Newtonmore

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2.44km

20m

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Easy hike. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Cairngorms National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Guest House

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546 m

The Wildcat Trail Information Plaque

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The Wildcat Trail is a route around Newtonmore following the banks of the River Spey, open moors, wooded glens and babbling brooks etc. The trail can be done in its …

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1.18 km

Baile Gean Township (Highland Folk Museum)

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Baile Gean Township (Dutch: Village of Good Will) is the reconstruction of a village in the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore, Scotland.
Some of the reconstructed houses are: the weaver's …

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2.12 km

Highland Folk Museum

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This open air museum, the first in Britain, is a fantastic place to learn about 300 years of Highland folk history. The 80 acre site (23 ha) comprises fields and …

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2.44 km

End point

Guest House

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.48 km

442 m

346 m

177 m

Surfaces

1.46 km

443 m

290 m

188 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Monday 9 November

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Comments

June 30, 2024,Highland Folk Museum☀️als "echte" Deutsche gleich noch mal ins Museum

After the fortress, we went back to the museum.
👍🏻
It's crazy how simply and under what difficult conditions people used to live here.

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May 21, 2025,Highland Folk Museum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Schottland

On the way to the Highlands, we had to visit the Folk Museum in Newtonmore. It's a unique open-air museum that recreates the way of life of the people in the Scottish Highlands from the early modern period to the 1950s.
Greetings

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May 4, 2024,Highland Folk Museum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿1️⃣2️⃣ 🛖2024-05-04

”Welcome to the Highland Folk Museum where you can step back in time and experience life in the Highlands from the 17th century to the 1950s. We have over 35 historic buildings on site where you can explore and discover how people in the Highlands lived, worked, went to school and enjoyed their leisure time.”

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