Beinn Eighe
- Easiest route
- 6.3 km+1,092 m · about 3.5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 632 m2,073 ft
- Tonight
- -5°CFog · Wind 14 km/h SE
Beinn Eighe is a 1,010 m (3,314 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,010 m · 3,314 ft
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 57.5821° N, 5.4035° W
How to get to the top of Beinn Eighe
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 5.5 km ENE of Beinn Eighe
- Distance
- 6.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,092 m−203 m (3,583 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Other routes 1
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Beinn Eighe 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.6 × 6.6 km
Beinn Eighe terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Beinn Eighe weather
Tonight · Fog · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 14 km/h SE
Beinn Eighe forecast for the summit, about 1,010 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 108 m.
- Tonight-5°–14 km/h SEBase 1°
- Today-1°2°37.2 mm42 km/h WBase 4 / 8°
- Sun0°3°9.0 mm50 km/h WBase 5 / 9°
- Mon0°2°21.2 mm22 km/h SBase 5 / 7°
- Tue1°4°15.5 mm36 km/h SWBase 7 / 10°
- Wed2°4°1.8 mm22 km/h WBase 7 / 10°
- Thu3°6°0.1 mm18 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Fri4°5°21.0 mm14 km/h SEBase 10 / 10°
- Sat2°5°15.7 mm11 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
- Sun1°2°15.4 mm14 km/h NWBase 6 / 7°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Beinn Eighe
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Beinn Eighe, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.2 km SSE
Nearest campsite
Beinn Eighe Campsite
Nearest caravan site
Kinlochewe Caravan Club Site
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.2 km SSE |
| Parking | 3.1 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.0 km ESE |
| Beinn Eighe CampsiteCampsite | 6.1 km NE |
| Kinlochewe Caravan Club SiteCaravan site | 6.4 km ENE |
| Torridon Camp SiteCampsite | 7.3 km SW |
How steep is the route to Beinn Eighe?
The easiest mapped route, 6.3 km from 88 m to 1,010 m. Steepest stretch: 38°.
- 0–15°4.6 km
- 15–30°1.5 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Beinn Eighe summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Sgùrr Bàn972 m 0.9 km ENE
- 2Sgurr an Fhir Dhuibhe963 m 1.6 km ENE
- 3Ruadh-stac Beag896 m 1.7 km NNE
- 4Creag Dhubh907 m 2.2 km ENE
- 5Sail Mhòr980 m 2.9 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 72 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Red Deer18
- European Common Frog13
- Northern firmoss8
- Sea Thrift7
- Bog asphodel6
- Common Lousewort5
Where Beinn Eighe sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Beinn AlliginPeak · 986 m↑10 km W
Loch MareeLake · 6 m↑12 km NNW
An TeallachPeak · 967 m↑27 km NNE
Loch GlascarnochLake↑37 km ENE
Glen Strathfarrar↑39 km ESE
More 1
Beinn Eighe downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
26 m low This 3D map reads 984 m at the summit; the official height is 1,010 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 44 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,010 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 984 m | -26 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 966 m | -44 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia