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Ben Lomond

974 m3,196 ft

Prominence: 821 m2,693 ft
Isolation: 12 km
Tonight: -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h NW

Ben Lomond is a 974 m (3,196 ft) mountain in the Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 974 m · 3,196 ft
Nearest higher peak: Beinn Ìme (1,011 m)
Range: Scottish Highlands
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Protected area: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
Coordinates: 56.1901° N, 4.6327° W

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3D map

Ben Lomond 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.2 × 7.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ben Lomond 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 Lomond elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ben Lomond weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 8 km/h NW

Ben Lomond forecast for the summit, about 974 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 7 m.

Tonight-1°–8 km/h NWBase 5°
Today0°4°36.8 mm39 km/h SWBase 5 / 10°
Sun1°3°4.1 mm42 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
Mon1°2°28.3 mm23 km/h EBase 7 / 8°
Tue1°6°13.0 mm31 km/h SWBase 7 / 12°
Wed3°5°0.9 mm15 km/h WBase 9 / 10°
Thu4°5°0.9 mm15 km/h SEBase 10 / 10°
Fri4°5°11.2 mm12 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
Sat0°4°10.2 mm12 km/h EBase 6 / 10°
Sun1°1°3.1 mm16 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

56.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.1%

Steep, 30–45°

8.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 8.8% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 961 m low point 7 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 68.4%Trees 18.4%Water 13.1%

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 Lomond summit.

Summit list 5

1Ptarmigan731 m 1.1 km SW
2Creag Bhocarn491 m 2.3 km WNW
3Cruinn a' Bheinn632 m 2.4 km N
4Sron Aonaich577 m 2.5 km SSE
5Beinn a' Bhan565 m 3.2 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 193 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Robin14
Purple foxglove9
Common bilberry9
Devil's-bit Scabious9
Primrose8
Woodland Dor Beetle8

Where it sits

Where Ben Lomond sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Ben VenuePeak · 729 m11 km ENE

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 968 m at the summit; the official height is 974 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	974 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	968 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	956 m	-18 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: Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia