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Ben Vorlich
- Easiest route
- 2.5 km+622 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 831 m2,727 ft
- Isolation
- 19 km
- Tonight
- -3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h W
Ben Vorlich is a 985 m (3,232 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 985 m · 3,232 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Stob Binnein (1,165 m)
- Range
- Grampian Mountains
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.3426° N, 4.2194° W
How to get to the top of Ben Vorlich
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 2.3 km N of Ben Vorlich
- Distance
- 2.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +622 m(2,041 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ben Vorlich 3D map
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Ben Vorlich 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 Vorlich weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 10 km/h W
Ben Vorlich forecast for the summit, about 985 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 353 m.
- Tonight-3°–10 km/h WBase 1°
- Today-2°3°33.5 mm41 km/h SWBase 1 / 6°
- Sun1°3°3.3 mm44 km/h WBase 4 / 6°
- Mon0°2°19.7 mm21 km/h SBase 4 / 5°
- Tue1°6°11.7 mm33 km/h SWBase 5 / 10°
- Wed3°4°0.8 mm18 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
- Thu3°5°0.8 mm11 km/h EBase 7 / 8°
- Fri3°5°6.9 mm13 km/h SEBase 7 / 8°
- Sat1°5°7.4 mm15 km/h EBase 4 / 8°
- Sun0°1°3.4 mm16 km/h NWBase 4 / 4°
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 Vorlich
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ben Vorlich, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.3 km N
Nearest campsite
Loch Earn South Shore B
Nearest caravan site
Drummond Fish Farm
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.3 km N |
| Loch Earn South Shore BCampsite | 4.3 km N |
| Drummond Fish FarmCaravan site | 5.4 km NNW |
| Balquhidder Braes Holiday ParkCaravan site | 5.8 km WNW |
| Parking | 6.1 km NW |
| Parking | 6.5 km W |
| Loch Earn Sailing Club CampsiteCaravan site | 6.9 km NNE |
| Immervoulin Caravan & CampsiteCampsite | 7.4 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Ben Vorlich?
The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 353 m to 985 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°1.7 km
- 15–30°0.8 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 3.7 km, measured from the Ben Vorlich summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Stùc a' Chroin975 m 1.9 km SW
- 2Meall na Feàrna809 m 2.2 km E
- 3Ben Our733 m 2.3 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.7 km; 103 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common heather7
- Common Butterwort7
- Common bilberry5
- Cloudberry5
- Fly Agaric4
- European mountain ash4
Where Ben Vorlich sits
- Range
- Grampian Mountains22
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Loch EarnLake↑4.9 km NNE
Loch LubnaigLake↑7.3 km SW
Glen Ogle↑9.3 km NW
Central Lowlands↑13 km NE
Glen Finglas↑15 km SW
More 1
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
Ben Vorlich downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 977 m at the summit; the official height is 985 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 985 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 977 m | -8 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 968 m | -17 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