Mountain · Scotland

Ben Hope

927 m3,041 ft

Easiest route: 3.7 km+912 m · about 2.5 h
Prominence: 772 m2,532 ft
Isolation: 23 km
Tonight: -3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h S

Ben Hope is a 927 m (3,041 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 927 m · 3,041 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ben Klibreck (962 m)
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 58.4129° N, 4.6081° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Ben Hope

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Ben Hope Trail (parking)

Distance: 3.7 kmone way
Climb: +912 m(2,992 ft up)
Time up: about 2.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Ben Hope elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Ben Hope 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ben Hope terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Ben Hope Trail. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Ben Hope weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 11 km/h S

Ben Hope forecast for the summit, about 927 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 11 m.

Tonight-3°–11 km/h SBase 2°
Today-3°1°16.7 mm43 km/h SEBase 2 / 6°
Sun1°3°13.7 mm63 km/h WBase 7 / 8°
Mon1°3°9.3 mm21 km/h SEBase 6 / 9°
Tue1°7°10.7 mm46 km/h WBase 7 / 13°
Wed2°4°2.3 mm26 km/h WBase 8 / 9°
Thu2°6°–15 km/h SBase 8 / 11°
Fri3°4°9.3 mm17 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
Sat2°4°21.1 mm19 km/h SEBase 8 / 10°
Sun1°2°8.4 mm17 km/h NBase 6 / 8°

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

Camping & parking near Ben Hope

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

Nearest parking
Parking for boats L Hope(South)
2.1 km WNW · +2 more within 3.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking for boats L Hope(South)Parking	2.1 km WNW
Ben Hope TrailParking	2.9 km SSW
parking for \L Hope(Middle)Parking	3.6 km NNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Ben Hope?

The easiest mapped route, 3.7 km from 11 m to 927 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 11 m3.7 km · 927 m

0–15°2.2 km
15–30°1.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 90.5%Water 6.8%Trees 1.7%Wetland 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 33 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Common Frog3
Great Sundew2
Sea Thrift2
Heath spotted orchid2
Alpine Bloodspot Lichen2
Common Butterwort2

Where it sits

Where Ben Hope sits

Ranked in 1

#22 Treks and hikes in United Kingdom

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MorvenPeak · 706 m57 km ESE

Downloads

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

Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.

Print & wall

JPGBen Hope satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXBen Hope GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 926 m at the summit; the official height is 927 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	927 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	926 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	920 m	-7 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)
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 Hope

From Ben Hope Trail (parking)

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Data sources