Calton Hill
- Prominence
- 34 m111 ft
- Isolation
- 1.0 km
- Tonight
- 4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h W
Calton Hill is a 103 m (338 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 103 m · 338 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Castle Rock (130 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 55.9549° N, 3.1831° W
Calton Hill 3D map
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Calton Hill topographic map
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Omni. 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
Calton Hill downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Calton Hill
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Omni (parking)
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +64 m−12 m (210 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Calton Hill weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 24 km/h W
Calton Hill forecast for the summit, about 103 m.
- Tonight4°–24 km/h W
- Today4°10°16.3 mm48 km/h SW
- Sun6°9°0.2 mm53 km/h W
- Mon7°8°5.1 mm34 km/h S
- Tue8°13°4.4 mm40 km/h S
- Wed8°11°0.3 mm29 km/h SW
- Thu8°12°0.1 mm12 km/h S
- Fri9°12°8.6 mm16 km/h S
- Sat6°11°3.7 mm19 km/h SE
- Sun6°6°5.2 mm21 km/h W
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 Calton Hill
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Calton Hill, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Omni
Nearest campsite
Mortonhall Caravan and Camping Park
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| OmniParking | 0.2 km WNW |
| St James QuarterParking | 0.3 km W |
| Parking | 0.4 km W |
| Mortonhall Caravan and Camping ParkCampsite | 5.6 km S |
| Edinburgh Caravan ClubCampsite | 5.7 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Calton Hill?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 52 m to 103 m. Steepest stretch: 17°.
- 0–15°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 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 km, measured from the Calton Hill summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Salisbury Crags173 m 1.1 km SSE
- 2Castle Rock130 m 1.3 km SW
- 3Whinny Hill178 m 1.8 km ESE
- 4Arthur's Seat251 m 1.8 km SE
- 5The Nether Hill237 m 1.9 km SE
- 6Crow Hill238 m 2.0 km SE
- 7Dunsapie Crag146 m 2.2 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,856 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Carrion Crow681
- Asian Lady Beetle679
- Eurasian Magpie665
- Lesser Black-backed Gull633
- Gorse583
- Common Wood-Pigeon562
Where Calton Hill sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 107 m at the summit; the official height is 103 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 103 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 107 m | +4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 101 m | -2 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)