Landscapes & Scenery
The Cairngorms National Park is hugely diverse; it is a living, working landscape from the wild high mountains, to the heather moorlands and peatlands, to the magnificent forests, the farms and crofts, and the wetlands and rivers which wind through the flood plains
The landscapes of the National Park are not just something we look at and see; they are something we belong to and feel!
This is a living, working landscape formed not just by the vast crushing glaciers of yesterday but by the daily lives of the many people who live and work in the National Park. It is active management and hard work that has led to the creation of all the forest, moorland and farmland we celebrate today.
Our changing landscapes
The Cairngorms Scenic Photo Posts project is a pioneering citizen science initiative to gather information about our landscapes as they change from day to day and year to year. As visitors, you can not only enjoy our amazing scenery, you can also help us record our changing landscapes. Wherever you plan to visit, look at the map of our scenic posts locations and just take a picture then upload to our web site.
