Steall Waterfall
Waterfall Highland, Scotland
About Steall Waterfall
Known in Gaelic as An Steall Bàn — 'The White Spout' — this is Scotland's second-highest waterfall, dropping 120 metres down a cliff face at the head of Glen Nevis, a few miles east of Fort William. Getting there is half the point: the trail runs through the Nevis Gorge, a rocky, wooded canyon owned by the John Muir Trust, where the path narrows and climbs above steep drops before the gorge opens into a broad, flat valley and the falls suddenly come into full view. To reach the base, you cross the Water of Nevis on a three-wire rope bridge — a fairly committing crossing that not everyone will want to attempt, though the falls are perfectly visible from the far bank without it. The car park at the end of Glen Nevis Road is free but fills quickly in summer; early morning visits in spring or autumn tend to be quieter, and higher rainfall makes the falls considerably more dramatic.
Location & details
- Category
- Waterfall
- Region
- Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.77045, -4.97962
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