Viewpoints on Skye
Places where the view is the entire point and the walk from the car is short — a few minutes, sometimes none at all. That makes them the best of Skye on a day the tops are in cloud and a long route would be six hours of grey. It also makes them the first thing to give up on when the cloud is down to the road.
Conditions as of 20 September 2026, 21:50 (Europe/London).
Kilt Rock & Mealt Falls viewpoint breezy
A waterfall off a basalt cliff straight into the sea, a hundred metres from the car park.
Blustery
Dun Beag broch viewpoint breezy
A 2,000-year-old drystone tower ten minutes above the A863, looking over Loch Bracadale.
Blustery
Sligachan old bridge viewpoint good
The classic Cuillin photograph, from a three-arch bridge at the head of the glen. Pub alongside.
The tops will be in cloud
Torrin & Loch Slapin viewpoint viewpoint good
The best roadside view of Bla Bheinn there is, across a tidal loch. Cafe in the village.
The tops will be in cloud
Kylerhea otter hide viewpoint good
A roofed hide above the narrows where otters fish. Bring binoculars and be prepared to wait.
Light winds
Calum's Road & Brochel Castle viewpoint good
The two-mile road one man built by hand to Arnish, starting at a castle ruin on a rock.
The tops will be in cloud