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Ben Lawers
- Easiest route
- 5.5 km+890 m · about 3 h · T3
- Prominence
- 915 m3,002 ft
- Isolation
- 53 km
- Tonight
- -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h NW
Ben Lawers is a 1,214 m (3,983 ft) mountain in the Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,214 m · 3,983 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Aonach Beag (1,234 m)
- Range
- Scottish Highlands
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.5449° N, 4.2206° W
How to get to the top of Ben Lawers
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.5 km SW of Ben Lawers
- Distance
- 5.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +890 m−105 m (2,920 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ben Lawers 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.6 × 7.6 km
Ben Lawers 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
Ben Lawers weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 10 km/h NW
Ben Lawers forecast for the summit, about 1,214 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 551 m.
- Tonight-4°–10 km/h NWBase 0°
- Today-3°1°40.9 mm36 km/h WBase 1 / 6°
- Sun-2°1°4.2 mm38 km/h WBase 3 / 6°
- Mon0°0°20.5 mm25 km/h SBase 4 / 5°
- Tue-1°5°11.3 mm31 km/h SWBase 4 / 10°
- Wed1°3°1.5 mm18 km/h WBase 5 / 7°
- Thu2°3°0.6 mm9 km/h SEBase 7 / 8°
- Fri2°3°6.7 mm9 km/h SEBase 7 / 7°
- Sat-1°3°10.9 mm13 km/h SEBase 3 / 7°
- Sun-1°-1°5.3 mm17 km/h NWBase 3 / 3°
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Ben Lawers
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ben Lawers, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.9 km SSE
Nearest campsite
Cruachan Farm Caravan and Camping Park
Nearest caravan site
High Creagan Caravan Park
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.9 km SSE |
| Parking | 4.0 km W |
| Parking | 4.1 km SW |
| Cruachan Farm Caravan and Camping ParkCampsite | 6.1 km SSW |
| High Creagan Caravan ParkCaravan site | 7.5 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Ben Lawers?
The easiest mapped route, 5.5 km from 421 m to 1,214 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°4.4 km
- 15–30°1.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 3.8 km, measured from the Ben Lawers summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Creag an Fhithich1,047 m 0.8 km N
- 2Beinn Ghlas1,103 m 1.4 km SW
- 3An Stùc1,118 m 1.7 km N
- 4Meall Corranaich1,069 m 2.1 km WSW
- 5Meall Garbh1,118 m 2.5 km NNE
- 6Meall Odhar547 m 3.0 km ESE
- 7Meall a' Choire Léith926 m 3.4 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 216 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Sea Thrift35
- Yellow Saxifrage21
- Alpine Lady's-mantle15
- Moss Campion14
- Alpine bistort14
- Common Butterwort12
Where Ben Lawers sits
- Range
- Scottish Highlands14
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Meall nan TarmachanPeak · 1,044 m↑5.6 km WSW
Loch TayLake↑5.6 km SE
Glen Lyon↑7.4 km NW
SchiehallionPeak · 1,083 m↑15 km NNE
Glen Ogle↑16 km SSW
More in the Scottish Highlands 6
Ben Lawers downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,207 m at the summit; the official height is 1,214 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,214 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,207 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,197 m | -17 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia