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Ben Vrackie
- Easiest route
- 3.7 km+560 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 405 m1,329 ft
- Isolation
- 6.3 km
- Tonight
- -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW
Ben Vrackie is an 841 m (2,759 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 841 m · 2,759 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Càrn Liath (976 m)
- Range
- Grampian Mountains
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Protected area
- Ben Vrackie SSSI
- Coordinates
- 56.7490° N, 3.7169° W
How to get to the top of Ben Vrackie
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Balnakeilly
- Distance
- 3.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +560 m−17 m (1,837 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 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 Vrackie 3D map
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Ben Vrackie terrain and contours
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Balnakeilly. 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 Vrackie weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW
Ben Vrackie forecast for the summit, about 841 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 287 m.
- Tonight-4°–19 km/h NWBase -1°
- Today-4°3°28.4 mm36 km/h SWBase -1 / 6°
- Sun1°4°2.1 mm45 km/h WBase 4 / 8°
- Mon1°3°9.7 mm19 km/h SBase 4 / 6°
- Tue3°8°5.0 mm28 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
- Wed3°6°0.8 mm15 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
- Thu4°6°0.4 mm12 km/h EBase 7 / 9°
- Fri4°5°6.8 mm17 km/h SEBase 7 / 8°
- Sat1°5°18.1 mm19 km/h SEBase 4 / 8°
- Sun1°1°4.9 mm18 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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Ben Vrackie
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ben Vrackie, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Layby 43
Nearest caravan site
Faskally Caravan Park
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Layby 43Parking | 3.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.5 km S |
| Parking | 3.6 km WSW |
| Faskally Caravan ParkCaravan site | 4.5 km SW |
| Milton of Fonab Caravan ParkCaravan site | 6.0 km S |
| River Tilt ParkCaravan site | 7.8 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Ben Vrackie?
The easiest mapped route, 3.7 km from 287 m to 841 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.
- 0–15°3.2 km
- 15–30°0.5 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 5 km, measured from the Ben Vrackie summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Meall na h-Aodainn Mòire633 m 1.2 km SW
- 2Meall an Daimh722 m 1.5 km WNW
- 3Creag Bhreac557 m 1.5 km S
- 4Càrn Geal776 m 1.7 km E
- 5Meall Uaine600 m 2.7 km SW
- 6Càrn Dubh577 m 3.1 km ESE
- 7Creag Eallaich509 m 4.0 km WNW
- 8Crungie Clach616 m 4.4 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 385 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Butterwort13
- Scotch Broom11
- Wood anemone11
- Scotch Argus10
- European Robin9
- Water Avens9
Where Ben Vrackie sits
- Range
- Grampian Mountains22
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Loch FaskallyLake↑5.4 km SSW
Glen Tilt↑10 km NNW
Strathmore↑11 km ESE
Loch LochLake↑12 km NNE
Loch TummelLake↑14 km WSW
More 1
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
Ben Vrackie downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 835 m at the summit; the official height is 841 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 841 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 835 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 830 m | -11 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