Searchlight Emplacement

Searchlight Emplacement: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Searchlight Emplacement

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Searchlight Emplacement — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 57.69568, -3.20964. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Searchlight Emplacement

• Moray Coast Trail · trek · Moray · ~4 km · Must-see
• Loch Spynie · lake · Moray · ~6 km · Must-see
• Spynie Palace · fort · Moray · ~7 km · Must-see
• Kinneddar Castle · fort · Moray · ~7 km · Must-see
• Elgin Museum · museum · Moray · ~10 km · Must-see
• St. Giles' Church · church · Moray · ~10 km · Must-see
• Covesea Skerries Lighthouse · fort · Moray · ~10 km · Must-see
• Duke of Gordon's Monument · fort · Moray · ~11 km · Must-see
• Duffus Castle · fort · Moray · ~11 km · Must-see
• Gordon Castle · fort · Moray · ~14 km · Must-see
• Birnie Kirk · church · Moray · ~15 km · Must-see
• Knock of Alves, Fort · fort · Moray · ~16 km · Must-see
• Inverugie House · fort · Moray · ~16 km · Must-see
• Burghead Free Church · fort · Moray · ~21 km · Must-see
• Pluscarden Abbey · fort · Moray · ~22 km · Must-see
• Aikenway Castle · fort · Moray · ~22 km · Must-see
• Findochty Harbour · fort · Moray · ~23 km · Must-see
• Ben Aigan · viewpoint · Moray · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Searchlight Emplacement

Other forts & heritage near Searchlight Emplacement

• Spynie Palace · fort · Moray · ~7 km · Must-see
• Kinneddar Castle · fort · Moray · ~7 km · Must-see
• Covesea Skerries Lighthouse · fort · Moray · ~10 km · Must-see
• Duke of Gordon's Monument · fort · Moray · ~11 km · Must-see
• Duffus Castle · fort · Moray · ~11 km · Must-see
• Gordon Castle · fort · Moray · ~14 km · Must-see
• Knock of Alves, Fort · fort · Moray · ~16 km · Must-see
• Inverugie House · fort · Moray · ~16 km · Must-see
• Burghead Free Church · fort · Moray · ~21 km · Must-see
• Pluscarden Abbey · fort · Moray · ~22 km · Must-see

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