Ben More
- Easiest route
- 4.4 km+918 m · about 2.5 h
- Isolation
- 53 km
- Tonight
- 0°CLight sleet · Wind 27 km/h S
Ben More is a 966 m (3,169 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 966 m · 3,169 ft
- Prominence
- 966 m · 3,169 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Ben Cruachan (1,127 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.4249° N, 6.0144° 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, 3.9 km NW of Ben More
- Distance
- 4.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +918 m(3,012 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
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. 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 · Light sleet · 0°C (32°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 27 km/h S
Ben More forecast for the summit, about 966 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 41 m.
- Tonight0°0.6 mm27 km/h SBase 7°
- Today1°5°30.5 mm76 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
- Sun2°4°5.1 mm70 km/h NWBase 8 / 9°
- Mon2°3°32.0 mm37 km/h SEBase 8 / 8°
- Tue3°5°10.0 mm48 km/h SWBase 8 / 10°
- Wed3°6°2.1 mm23 km/h WBase 9 / 11°
- Thu5°6°3.8 mm27 km/h SEBase 10 / 11°
- Fri5°5°36.9 mm22 km/h SEBase 10 / 11°
- Sat1°4°11.2 mm16 km/h NWBase 8 / 10°
- Sun1°3°5.0 mm21 km/h NBase 7 / 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, 23:18 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
4.4 km SSE
Nearest campsite
Port nan Gael
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.4 km SSE |
| Parking | 6.1 km NNE |
| Port nan GaelCampsite | 6.5 km S |
| Parking | 6.7 km S |
How steep is the route to Ben More?
The easiest mapped route, 4.4 km from 41 m to 966 m. Steepest stretch: 25°.
- 0–15°3.3 km
- 15–30°1.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 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 3.9 km, measured from the Ben More summit.
Summit list 8
- 1A' Chioch867 m 1.0 km ENE
- 2Beinn Fhada702 m 2.4 km NE
- 3Am Binnein375 m 2.4 km S
- 4Maol Mheadhonach482 m 2.7 km WSW
- 5An Cruachan581 m 3.1 km NE
- 6Torr na h-Uamha417 m 3.2 km E
- 7Beinn nan Gabhar572 m 3.5 km NNE
- 8Coirc Bheinn561 m 3.8 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 135 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- White-tailed Eagle14
- European Common Frog10
- Bog asphodel8
- Red Deer8
- Sea Thrift7
- Heath spotted orchid7
Where Ben More sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Loch ShielLake · 5 m↑49 km NNE
Loch AweLake · 36 m↑50 km ESE
Ben CruachanPeak · 1,127 m↑54 km E
Loch MorarLake · 10 m↑62 km NNE
Glen Shira↑64 km ESE
More 1
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 963 m at the summit; the official height is 966 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 966 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 963 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 957 m | -9 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
- 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