Calton Hill Scenic Overlook - Edinburgh, Scotland
N 55° 57.365 W 003° 10.950
30U E 488604 N 6201206
Calton Hill has a beautiful scenic lookout that offers nice views of the city of Edinburgh, as well as the Firth of Forth and places along this estuary. An orientation table here helps you identify some of locations you can see from this spot.
Waymark Code: WMPGJQ
Location: Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/28/2015
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Although there is a road that leads up to Calton Hill, it is only accessible to employees and those with a handicap. Visitors must walk up the steep hill along paved paths to reach the top, but it's well worth the walk up.
"Calton Hill (also referred to as "the Calton Hill"), is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the Scottish Parliament Building, and other notable buildings, for example Holyrood Palace, lying near the foot of the hill. The hill is also the location of several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, the Nelson Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory."
--Wikipedia (
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Sights identified on the orientation table at this scenic lookout include:
-The Forth Road Bridge
-The Forth Rail Bridge
-Inchgarvie Island
-South Queensferry
-Wardie and Granton Shores
-Inchcolm and Inchmickery Islands
-Inchkeith Island
-The Bass Rock
-North Berwick Law
"The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and Lothian to the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times." --Wikipedia (
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