Glen Affric
- Depth
- 754 m
- Rim
- 989 m
- Length
- 26.4 km
- Tonight
- -3°CFog · Wind 8 km/h S
Glen Affric is up to 754 m deep: the rim reaches 989 m and the floor 90 m, along 26.4 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 90 m
Glen Affric 3D map
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Glen Affric 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.
Glen Affric elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Depth of Glen Affric
Up to 754 m deep (typically 453 m) along the 26.4 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Glen Affric weather
Tonight · Fog · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 8 km/h S
Glen Affric forecast for about 989 m.
- Tonight-3°–8 km/h S
- Today-2°2°44.3 mm36 km/h W
- Sun-1°2°10.7 mm45 km/h W
- Mon0°2°27.2 mm25 km/h SE
- Tue1°5°15.7 mm38 km/h SW
- Wed1°4°2.3 mm24 km/h W
- Thu3°5°0.1 mm17 km/h SE
- Fri4°4°11.8 mm15 km/h SE
- Sat1°4°11.4 mm15 km/h NW
- Sun0°1°9.3 mm17 km/h NW
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.
Camping & parking near Glen Affric
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glen Affric, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
River Affric
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| River AffricParking | 0.1 km NNE |
| Chisholm Bridge Car ParkParking | 2.0 km NE |
| Parking | 4.1 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 23.2 × 23.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 9.6% of the 538 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,099 m low point 81 m
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 11.6 km of Glen Affric.
Summit list 9
- 1Sgurr na Lapaich1,036 m 3.7 km W
- 2Toll Creagach1,054 m 4.1 km N
- 3Tom a' Choinich1,112 m 4.2 km NW
- 4Tom a' Choinich Beag1,032 m 4.6 km NW
- 5An Leth-chreag1,051 m 4.7 km NW
- 6Càrn Glas Iochdarach771 m 5.0 km SSW
- 7Càrn nan Coireachan Cuaidh862 m 5.9 km S
- 8Carn nan Coireachan Cruaidh872 m 6.3 km S
- 9Aonach Shasuinn888 m 6.5 km SSW
Where Glen Affric sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Glen Strathfarrar↑19 km NNE
Strath Glass↑21 km ENE
Loch GarryLake · 83 m↑22 km SSE
Glen Moriston↑23 km ESE
Glen Shiel↑26 km WSW
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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)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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)