City to city
The A9 gets it done. The Snow Roads and Royal Deeside make it a day worth taking off work for.
Direct route
136.7 mi
Scenic route
279.6 mi
Days to enjoy it
2 days
Great roads on route
5
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Distances are planning estimates. The road list is drawn from the scored Atlas library inside this corridor. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 26 June 2026
The detour
The fast way
Motorway and trunk road for most of it, one fuel stop, nothing you will remember. Useful when the drive is a means to an end.
The good way
About 3 hr 13 min of that is spent on the great roads themselves, which is where the whole difference lies.
On the way
01 · United Kingdom
A sweeping run through Rannoch Moor beneath the brooding Buachaille Etive Mor.
18.6 mi · Rating 9.4 / 10
02 · United Kingdom
A fast sweeping glen road beneath the jagged Five Sisters of Kintail ridge.
23.6 mi · Rating 9.2 / 10
03 · United Kingdom
A dramatic zigzag climb through Glen Croe famous for its recurring landslides.
8.1 mi · Rating 8.9 / 10
04 · United Kingdom
Britain's highest classified road climbs a bleak ski pass above Glenshee.
9.9 mi · Rating 8.8 / 10
05 · United Kingdom
Scotland's highest main road summit crossing wide open Cairngorm moorland.
20.5 mi · Rating 8.2 / 10
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