One day in Elgin, Scotland, United Kingdom

A day through Elgin, Scotland’s best-known sights that lie close together: Duke of Gordon Monument, Lady Hill, Elgin, Elgin Castle, Elgin Museum, Elgin Cathedral and Elgin Pillar. 5 stops, about 0.7 mi between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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  1. Duke of Gordon Monument, Lady Hill, ElginMonument · On the map
  2. Elgin CastleCastle · Next to Duke of Gordon Monument, Lady Hill, Elgin · On the map
  3. Elgin MuseumMuseum · 0.4 mi on from Elgin Castle · On the map
  4. Elgin CathedralCathedral · 0.2 mi on from Elgin Museum · On the map
  5. Elgin PillarMonument · Next to Elgin Cathedral · On the map

5 stops, 0.8 mi on foot along the streets: about 17 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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