Creag Bhalg

A modest Dodd rising to 526 metres in the Scottish Highlands, positioned northeast of Loch Ness near the village of Dores. The summit offers a straightforward ascent through typical Highland terrain of heather and rough grassland, with views extending across the Great Glen and surrounding forests. A quietly satisfying objective for those exploring the quieter corners of the Inverness area.

• •The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, with 'creag' meaning rock or crag and 'bhalg' likely referring to a bag, pouch, or rounded protuberance, suggesting the hill's bulging or swelling shape when viewed from certain angles.
• •Despite its modest height, Creag Bhalg sits in historically significant territory between Loch Ness and the Monadhliath Mountains, an area once traversed by cattle drovers moving livestock between Highland glens and lowland markets.
• •The hill overlooks Loch Duntelchaig to the northeast, part of a chain of reservoirs that now supply Inverness with water but were once natural lochs surrounded by ancient Caledonian pine forest remnants.