Dalwhinnie is a little town in the Scottish Highlands. Dalwhinnie is located ahead of Glen Truim and also the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western side of the Cairngorms National Park. Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m (1,152 feet). It is one of the chilliest villages in the UK, having an ordinary annual temperature level of 6.6 ° C (43.9 ° F), making it suitable for wintertime walking and mountaineering. It is north of Drumochter, just off the A9 roadway from Perth to Inverness as well as has actually been bypassed because 1975. It is about 75 miles (120 km) from both Edinburgh as well as Glasgow, 25 miles (40 kilometres) from Aviemore, 13 miles (21 km) from Newtonmore and also 17 miles (27 kilometres) from Kingussie. Dalwhinnie railway station rests on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness. The area is strolling destination along the River Truim and also in Cairngorm as well as Monadhliath Mountains in the Cairngorm National Park. Dalwhinnie is on the Sustrans National Cycle Course No. 7, Glasgow to Inverness. There are numerous cycle paths in the location including one alongside Loch Ericht.