Chanonry Point
Guide
Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeViewpointAllow 1–2 hours; buses to Fortrose or Rosemarkie, then about a 30-min walk (check)Put together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A shingle spit with a white lighthouse reaching out into the Moray Firth, where the channel narrows and bottlenose dolphins often surface close to the shore to chase fish.
A brief history
The lighthouse dates from the 1840s. The firth's dolphins are among the most northerly bottlenose dolphins in the world.
Tips
- Best time
- About an hour after low tide, on the rising tide (check a tide table)
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 hours; buses to Fortrose or Rosemarkie, then about a 30-min walk (check)
- Free days
- Always free; sightings aren't guaranteed
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- The Black Isle: Farmland and villages over the Kessock Bridge, with Chanonry Point's dolphins.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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