Loch Lomond and the Trossachs 41 places Scotland's first national park (designated 2002) — Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond, the Trossachs, Aberfoyle, Callander, Balquhidder, Tyndrum. Isle of Mull 21 places The second-largest of the Inner Hebrides, reached by ferry from Oban (Craignure) or Lochaline (Fishnish). Ullapool 20 places Ferry port and fishing town on Loch Broom — the mainland gateway to the Outer Hebrides. Wester Ross 20 places The mainland north-west — Gairloch, Poolewe, Aultbea, Torridon and the road north toward Ullapool. Oban 18 places Gateway to the isles. Lochaber 10 places The most-visited region of mainland Highland Scotland — Fort William, Glencoe, Ben Nevis, the Glenfinnan Viaduct, Mallaig, the road to the isles, Knoydart, Ardnamurchan. Inverness 9 places The Highland capital — gateway to the north and the start-or-finish point of three of Scotland's most famous long-distance routes (NC500, Great Glen Way, Caledonia Way). Sutherland 7 places The wild north-west quarter of the Scottish mainland — Lochinver, Suilven, Cape Wrath, Smoo Cave, Durness. Caithness 6 places The flat, agricultural north-east tip of the Scottish mainland — Wick, Thurso, John o' Groats, Duncansby Head and its sea stacks, Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.