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Creag Meagaidh

1,128 m3,701 ft

Prominence: 861 m2,824 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: -4°CFog · Wind 7 km/h SE

Creag Meagaidh is a 1,128 m (3,701 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 1,128 m · 3,701 ft
Nearest higher peak: Geal-Chàrn (1,132 m)
Range: Grampian Mountains
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 56.9518° N, 4.6019° W

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3D map

Creag Meagaidh 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Creag Meagaidh topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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

Creag Meagaidh elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Weather

Creag Meagaidh weather

Tonight · Fog · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 7 km/h SE

Creag Meagaidh forecast for the summit, about 1,128 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 249 m.

Tonight-4°–7 km/h SEBase 1°
Today-4°1°37.7 mm39 km/h SEBase 2 / 6°
Sun-1°2°7.0 mm41 km/h WBase 4 / 7°
Mon-1°1°17.3 mm26 km/h SBase 4 / 7°
Tue-1°5°13.3 mm32 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
Wed0°3°1.9 mm20 km/h SWBase 6 / 8°
Thu2°5°0.2 mm17 km/h SEBase 8 / 10°
Fri3°4°7.2 mm17 km/h SEBase 8 / 9°
Sat0°4°15.8 mm17 km/h SEBase 5 / 9°
Sun-1°0°9.5 mm17 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7.4 × 7.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

50.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.3%

Steep, 30–45°

12.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.2%

Steeper than 30°: 13.7% of the 55 km² view
Relief in view: 877 m low point 249 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 94.0%Trees 2.8%Water 1.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%Shrubland 0.5%

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 Creag Meagaidh summit.

Summit list 7

1Stob Poite Coire Ardair1,054 m 1.8 km NE
2Puist Coire Ardair1,070 m 1.9 km E
3Carn Dearg888 m 2.1 km NNW
4An Cearcallach990 m 2.2 km SSE
5Meall Ptarmigan812 m 2.9 km NNE
6Sron a' Choire1,001 m 3.0 km E
7Meall a Mheanbh-chruidh819 m 3.1 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.7 km; 48 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Swedish Cornel4
Parsley fern3
Alpine Lady's-mantle3
Cloudberry3
Oak Eggar2
Black crowberry2

Where it sits

Where Creag Meagaidh sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Ben AlderPeak · 1,148 m17 km SSE

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,126 m at the summit; the official height is 1,128 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,128 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,126 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,124 m	-4 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: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia