The Luss Hills are a hill range located in
Argyll
Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
, Scotland. They are part of the southern foothills of the
Grampian Mountains
The Grampian Mountains (''Am Monadh'' in Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic) is one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, that together occupy about half of Scotland. The other two ranges are the Northwest Highlands and the Southern Uplands. T ...
and lie west of
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ...
, above the village of
Luss
Luss (''Lus'', 'herb' in Gaelic) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
History
Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its origina ...
in the
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
A popular destination for hillwalking, the highest peak in the range is
Doune Hill
Doune Hill (734 m) is a peak in the foothills of the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It is located near the village of Luss in Argyll and Bute, west of Loch Lomond.
The hill is the highest point of the Luss Hills, a southern outlier of the Gram ...
at 734 m. Other Hills include Beinn Eich, Beinn Dubh and Mid Hill.
References
Mountain ranges of Scotland
Geography of Argyll and Bute
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