Milarrochy Bay

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The "Lone Tree" at Milarrochy Bay, photo taken by Sue Langford Milarrochy Bay "Lone Tree".jpg
The "Lone Tree" at Milarrochy Bay, photo taken by Sue Langford
Looking across to Argyll & Bute on Milarrochy Bay Milarrochy Bay.JPG
Looking across to Argyll & Bute on Milarrochy Bay

Milarrochy Bay is a bay on Loch Lomond, in southern Scotland. It is near the village of Balmaha. Known locally as Bakey Bay, due to the rounded mounds regularly on display.

There are a few houses near the bay. Other bays on the east of Loch Lomond include Cashel Bay and Sallochy Bay. The bay has a visitor centre, where you can pick up leaflets about Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park and the surrounding area. There is also a camping and caravanning club site.

The bay is popular with hikers on the West Highland Way, [1] and photographers, who come to capture the famous Milarrochy Bay "lone tree" [2]

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References

  1. "Milarrochy Bay - Camping and Caravanning Club Site" . Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. "Visit Milarrochy Bay, Loch Lomond". See Loch Lomond. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

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