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Ben Alder

1,148 m3,766 ft

Prominence: 785 m2,574 ft
Isolation: 23 km
Tonight: -4°CFog · Wind 6 km/h W

Ben Alder is a 1,148 m (3,766 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 1,148 m · 3,766 ft
Nearest higher peak: Stob Choire Claurigh (1,177 m)
Range: Grampian Mountains
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 56.8135° N, 4.4648° W

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3D map

Ben Alder 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ben Alder terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Ben Alder elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ben Alder weather

Tonight · Fog · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 6 km/h W

Ben Alder forecast for the summit, about 1,148 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 357 m.

Tonight-4°–6 km/h WBase 1°
Today-3°1°38.7 mm38 km/h SWBase 1 / 6°
Sun-1°1°5.9 mm44 km/h WBase 3 / 6°
Mon-1°1°24.5 mm28 km/h SBase 4 / 6°
Tue0°5°11.4 mm36 km/h SWBase 5 / 10°
Wed1°3°1.5 mm21 km/h SWBase 6 / 8°
Thu3°4°0.2 mm17 km/h SEBase 7 / 8°
Fri3°3°7.0 mm17 km/h SEBase 8 / 8°
Sat0°3°13.1 mm17 km/h SEBase 5 / 8°
Sun-1°0°5.6 mm18 km/h NWBase 4 / 4°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ben Alder

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ben Alder, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Ben Alder Cottage
3.8 km S
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Ben Alder CottageHut	3.8 km S

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

49.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.4%

Steep, 30–45°

15.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 16.3% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 789 m low point 357 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 90.9%Water 7.2%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%Trees 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Ben Alder summit.

Summit list 4

1Sron Bealach Beithe1,065 m 1.1 km SSE
2Beinn Bheoil1,019 m 2.1 km E
3Sròn Coire na h-Iolaire956 m 2.2 km SE
4Beinn a' Chumhainn901 m 3.5 km WSW

Where it sits

Where Ben Alder sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Loch ErrochtyLake20 km ESE

Ben Alder downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBen Alder satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-17.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,146 m at the summit; the official height is 1,148 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,148 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,146 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,142 m	-6 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-17)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Ben Alder

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Data sources