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Ben Nevis

1,345 m4,411 ft

Easiest route: 7.0 km+1,322 m · about 4 h · T2
Tonight: -6°CFog · Wind 7 km/h SE

Ben Nevis is a 1,345 m (4,411 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 1,345 m · 4,411 ft
Prominence: 1,345 m · 4,411 ft
Range: Grampian Mountains
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 56.7965° N, 5.0035° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Ben Nevis

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 W of Ben Nevis

Distance: 7.0 kmone way
Climb: +1,322 m−8 m (4,337 ft up)
Time up: about 4 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Ben Nevis elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 4.1 km NNW of Ben Nevis6.6 km · +1,262 m · about 4 h
T4GPX KML
Road end, 2.1 km S of Ben Nevis9.6 km · +1,427 m · about 5 h
T4GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Ben Nevis 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ben Nevis 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Ben Nevis weather

Tonight · Fog · -6°C (21°F) · Wind 7 km/h SE

Ben Nevis forecast for the summit, about 1,345 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 276 m.

Tonight-6°–7 km/h SEBase 1°
Today-5°1°39.3 mm40 km/h SWBase 2 / 7°
Sun-2°1°5.8 mm40 km/h WBase 4 / 7°
Mon-2°0°23.6 mm24 km/h SBase 4 / 6°
Tue-2°3°13.6 mm31 km/h SWBase 5 / 9°
Wed0°2°2.0 mm17 km/h SWBase 6 / 8°
Thu2°4°0.2 mm15 km/h SEBase 8 / 10°
Fri2°2°12.2 mm14 km/h SEBase 9 / 9°
Sat-2°2°14.7 mm13 km/h SEBase 5 / 9°
Sun-2°-1°8.4 mm11 km/h NWBase 5 / 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ben Nevis

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

Nearest hut
Charles Inglis Clark Memorial Hut
1.0 km N
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Nearest parking
2.1 km S
+2 more within 3.4 km
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Nearest caravan site
Glen Nevis Self-Catering Park
4.1 km W · +2 more within 6.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Slighly downhill, but usable
4.4 km W · +2 more within 4.4 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Charles Inglis Clark Memorial HutHut	1.0 km N
Parking	2.1 km S
Parking	2.9 km SSW
Brave Heart Film Location CPParking	3.4 km WSW
Glen Nevis Self-Catering ParkCaravan site	4.1 km W
Campsite	4.3 km WSW
Slighly downhill, but usableCampsite	4.4 km W
Glen Nevis Caravan and Camping ParkCampsite	4.4 km W
Nevis Range Campervan ParkCaravan site	6.2 km N
Ben Nevis Holiday ParkCaravan site	6.5 km NW

Slope

How steep is the route to Ben Nevis?

The easiest mapped route, 7.0 km from 23 m to 1,345 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.

0 km · 23 m7.0 km · 1,345 m

0–15°6.0 km
15–30°1.0 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 80.7%Trees 14.6%Bare rock / sparse 3.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.7 km, measured from the Ben Nevis summit.

Summit list 9

1Càrn Mòr Dearg1,220 m 1.4 km NE
2Càrn Dearg1,020 m 1.6 km SW
3Càrn Dearg Meadhonach1,180 m 1.7 km NNE
4Aonach Beag1,234 m 3.0 km E
5Aonach Mòr1,221 m 3.1 km NE
6Stob Coire Bhealaich1,101 m 3.5 km E
7Point 10481,048 m 4.0 km E
8Stob an Chul Choire1,068 m 4.1 km ENE
9Sgùrr a' Mhàim1,099 m 4.5 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.7 km; 446 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Snow Bunting78
Common Butterwort61
Common Chaffinch54
Common heather51
Heath spotted orchid50
Alpine Lady's-mantle46

Where it sits

Where Ben Nevis sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Loch TrèigLake17 km E

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

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

GPXBen Nevis GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,343 m at the summit; the official height is 1,345 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,345 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,343 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,341 m	-3 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

Ben Nevis

Easiest route: from Road end, 3.9 km W of Ben Nevis

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

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