Lumsden is an inland village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the A97 road.

It crowns a rising-ground 227 m (745 ft) above sea level amid a fertile district.

[citation needed] It is situated around 7.3 miles (11.7 km) northwest of Alford and is near both the River Don and the upper course of the Water of Bogie.

[citation needed] The village was founded around 1825 by Harry Leith Lumsden of Auchindoir on what was then a barren moor.

[citation needed] Bus services to the village have been cut back.