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Ben Lui

1,130 m3,707 ft

Prominence: 872 m2,860 ft
Isolation: 17 km
Tonight: -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 7 km/h SE

Ben Lui is a 1,130 m (3,707 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 1,130 m · 3,707 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ben More (1,174 m)
Range: Grampian Mountains
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 56.3976° N, 4.8119° W

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3D map

Ben Lui 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ben Lui 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 Lui elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ben Lui weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 7 km/h SE

Ben Lui forecast for the summit, about 1,130 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 60 m.

Tonight-4°–7 km/h SEBase 3°
Today-3°3°44.4 mm38 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
Sun-1°2°7.8 mm42 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
Mon-1°2°22.7 mm27 km/h SBase 6 / 8°
Tue0°5°16.5 mm31 km/h SWBase 7 / 11°
Wed1°3°1.6 mm18 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
Thu3°4°0.6 mm18 km/h SEBase 10 / 11°
Fri3°4°6.7 mm18 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
Sat-1°4°6.9 mm18 km/h SEBase 5 / 10°
Sun-1°0°4.9 mm15 km/h NWBase 6 / 6°

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 Lui

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

Nearest parking
3.0 km WNW
+2 more within 5.6 km
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Nearest campsite
By the Way
7.3 km ENE
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Nearest caravan site
Tyndrum Holiday Park
7.5 km ENE
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All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	3.0 km WNW
Parking	5.6 km W
Parking	5.6 km W
By the WayCampsite	7.3 km ENE
Tyndrum Holiday ParkCaravan site	7.5 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 7.6 × 7.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

45.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.2%

Steep, 30–45°

11.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 12.5% of the 58 km² view
Relief in view: 1,062 m low point 60 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 87.8%Trees 11.6%

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 Lui summit.

Summit list 4

1Beinn a' Chleibh916 m 1.7 km WSW
2Ben Oss1,029 m 2.4 km ESE
3Beinn Dubh696 m 2.5 km N
4Beinn Chuirn880 m 3.2 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 102 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fen Flies7
Moss Campion5
Purple Saxifrage5
Water Avens3
Northern holly fern3
Marsh arrowgrass3

Where it sits

Where Ben Lui sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Beinn NarnainPeak · 927 m20 km S

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,122 m at the summit; the official height is 1,130 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,130 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,122 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,105 m	-25 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 Lui

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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