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Highland Folk Museum

Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum. This one stands 22 km southwest of Aviemore. Within 15 km there is one more place to visit, Highland Wildlife Park (9 km).

Where
22 km
southwest of Aviemore
How well known
Top 23%
#1,932 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Jul
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Museum near Aviemore

A trip from Aviemore

Highland Folk Museum is 22 km southwest of Aviemore. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

In Aviemore, July are the warmest, at 17°C in the afternoon.

Jan5° / -1°121 mm
Feb5° / -2°104 mm
Mar7° / -1°89 mm
Apr10° / 1°75 mm
May13° / 3°77 mm
Jun15° / 7°81 mm
Jul17° / 9°79 mm
Aug17° / 8°95 mm
Sep14° / 6°89 mm
Oct10° / 3°123 mm
Nov7° / 1°112 mm
Dec4° / -2°133 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Aviemore, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Aviemore. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Aviemore’s full climate →
About

Highland Folk Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 4 languages.

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 4 languages
Town
22 km southwest of Aviemore
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Useful details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Getting your bearings

On this map, Highland Folk Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

1

© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Nearby towns

They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · 22 km northeast of it

Aviemore

2,841 people · 3 places to visit

Make a day of it

Next door to Highland Folk Museum

Our list has one more within 15 km: a zoo.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Highland Folk Museum: what to know

Where is Highland Folk Museum?

Highland Folk Museum is 22 km southwest of Aviemore, Highland.

What is Highland Folk Museum?

Open-air museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Highland Folk Museum?

July are the warmest months in Aviemore, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Highland Folk Museum?

Within 15 km: Highland Wildlife Park (9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

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