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Glen Lyon

Floor117 m384 ft
Depth
800 m
Rim
980 m
Length
41.7 km
Tonight
-4°CFog · Wind 10 km/h W

Glen Lyon is up to 800 m deep: the rim reaches 980 m and the floor 117 m, along 41.7 km.

All facts
Floor
117 m
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Glen Lyon 3D map

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Glen Lyon 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.

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Glen Lyon elevation profile

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Depth

Depth of Glen Lyon

Up to 800 m deep (typically 484 m) along the 41.7 km in view.

02505007501,0001,250800 mrimfloor02041.7 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Glen Lyon weather

Tonight · Fog · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 10 km/h W

Glen Lyon forecast for about 980 m.

  • Tonight-4°–10 km/h W
  • Today-3°3°37.4 mm39 km/h W
  • Sun-1°3°4.5 mm41 km/h W
  • Mon1°2°17.3 mm26 km/h S
  • Tue1°7°9.4 mm32 km/h SW
  • Wed2°4°1.2 mm19 km/h W
  • Thu4°5°0.3 mm9 km/h SE
  • Fri4°5°4.7 mm10 km/h SE
  • Sat0°5°9.6 mm14 km/h SE
  • Sun0°1°4.8 mm16 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

Camping & parking near Glen Lyon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glen Lyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking0.5 km N
Parking1.0 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 37.3 × 37.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
68.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
28.3%
Steep, 30–45°
3.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
3.4% of the 1,391 km² view
Relief in view
1,110 m low point 97 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 80.4%Trees 15.0%Water 4.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 18.7 km of Glen Lyon.

NESW5 km15 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Meall nam Maigheach779 m 1.8 km E
  2. 2Meall a' Choire Leith926 m 4.5 km E
  3. 3Cam Chreag862 m 6.4 km NNW
  4. 4Creag an Fhithich1,047 m 6.9 km E
  5. 5Ben Lawers1,214 m 7.1 km ESE
  6. 6An Stùc1,118 m 7.1 km E
  7. 7Beinn Dearg830 m 7.4 km NNE
  8. 8Càrn Gorm1,029 m 9.4 km NE
  9. 9An Sgòrr924 m 10 km NE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 18.7 km; 798 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sea Thrift35
  • Common Butterwort35
  • Yellow Saxifrage33
  • Alpine Lady's-mantle31
  • Tormentil30
  • Cuckooflower26
Where it sits

Where Glen Lyon sits

Range
Grampian Mountains22
Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
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Sources

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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia