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Ben More
- Easiest route
- 2.1 km+862 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 985 m3,233 ft
- Isolation
- 26 km
- Tonight
- -4°CCloudy · Wind 10 km/h NW
Ben More is a 1,174 m (3,852 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,174 m · 3,852 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Ben Lawers (1,214 m)
- Range
- Grampian Mountains
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.3863° N, 4.5398° W
How to get to the top of Ben More
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Ben More
- Distance
- 2.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +862 m(2,828 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
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 More 3D map
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Ben More terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Ben More. 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 More weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 10 km/h NW
Ben More forecast for the summit, about 1,174 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 300 m.
- Tonight-4°–10 km/h NWBase 1°
- Today-3°2°44.3 mm36 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
- Sun-1°2°5.4 mm42 km/h WBase 4 / 7°
- Mon0°1°24.5 mm25 km/h SBase 5 / 6°
- Tue0°5°14.2 mm33 km/h SWBase 5 / 10°
- Wed1°3°1.5 mm19 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
- Thu3°3°1.0 mm16 km/h SEBase 8 / 9°
- Fri2°3°8.0 mm18 km/h SEBase 8 / 8°
- Sat-1°3°10.6 mm19 km/h SEBase 4 / 9°
- Sun-1°0°6.4 mm20 km/h NWBase 4 / 5°
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 near Ben More
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ben More, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.3 km NW
Nearest caravan site
Glen Dochart Caravan Park
Nearest campsite
5.8 km W
How steep is the route to Ben More?
The easiest mapped route, 2.1 km from 300 m to 1,174 m. Steepest stretch: 45°.
- 0–15°0.2 km
- 15–30°1.6 km
- 30–45°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 4 km, measured from the Ben More summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Stob Binnein1,165 m 1.7 km S
- 2Stob Coire an Lochain1,065 m 2.4 km SSE
- 3Meall na Dìge966 m 2.6 km SE
- 4Stob Coire Bhuidhe855 m 2.8 km SW
- 5Stob Creagach907 m 2.9 km ESE
- 6Stob Garbh959 m 3.2 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 82 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Chaffinch7
- Devil's-bit Scabious6
- Eurasian Siskin4
- Sneezewort3
- Common Butterwort3
- Common Lousewort3
Where Ben More sits
- Range
- Grampian Mountains22
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Glen Ogle↑14 km E
Loch KatrineLake↑15 km S
Ben LuiPeak · 1,130 m↑17 km W
Loch LyonLake · 340 m↑17 km N
Ben VorlichPeak · 943 m↑18 km SW
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
Ben More downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,170 m at the summit; the official height is 1,174 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,174 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,170 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,162 m | -12 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
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia