| Loch Coulin | |
| Coordinates: | 57.5439°N -5.3191°W |
| Basin Countries: | Scotland |
| Type: | freshwater loch |
| Inflow: | River Coulin |
| Temperature Low: | at 40 feet |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Ross and Cromarty |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Wester Ross |
Loch Coulin is a small remote shallow low-altitude freshwater lochan, located within the Coulin Forest, some four miles to the south-west of Kinlochewe in Wester Ross.[1] [2] It is fed by the river Coulin from the south and its outflow is into Loch Clair in the north-west. Loch Coulin is within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve.[3] [4]
Loch Coulin is in small irregular shaped loch that opens to north-east facing channel that is some 200 metres wide, that progressively reduces in width, before finally becoming a small river before it meets Loch Clair. The River Coulin is the primary inflow to the loch at the south-east end of the loch along with Allt na Fèithe Buildhe. To the north-east is bounded to the north by a mountain massif in the Torridon area that contains the highest peak of Beinn Eighe, that is within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve.[5] [6] To the west of the loch is Sugrr Dubh at 782 metres. To the south is a continuation of the mountainous Coulin Forest, with Meall an Leathaid Mhòir at an altitude of 512 metres. To the south is a continuation of the mountainous Coulin Forest, with Meall an Leathaid Mhòir at altitude 512 metres and a series of small hills forming a ridge in a east to west direction. To the east is a boggy flat plain.
Loch Coulin is the location of an almost level hiking route that follows the north coast of the Loch Clair, before making a circular walk around Loch Coulin and is about 9.64 km long.[7]