Mount Blair · 744 m · 4.9 km ENE

Scotland

Glen Shee

Floor147 m482 ft

Depth: 393 m
Rim: 719 m
Length: 22.4 km
Tonight: -2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 20 km/h NW

Glen Shee is up to 393 m deep: the rim reaches 719 m and the floor 147 m, along 22.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 147 m

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Depth

Depth of Glen Shee

Up to 393 m deep (typically 209 m) along the 22.4 km in view.

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

3D map

Glen Shee 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Glen Shee terrain and contours

25 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 Shee elevation profile

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Weather

Glen Shee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · Wind 20 km/h NW

Glen Shee forecast for about 719 m.

Tonight-2°–20 km/h NW
Today-2°4°25.9 mm38 km/h SW
Sun1°5°2.9 mm51 km/h W
Mon0°4°10.8 mm24 km/h E
Tue3°8°4.9 mm35 km/h W
Wed3°7°0.6 mm19 km/h W
Thu4°6°0.6 mm12 km/h E
Fri4°6°7.1 mm18 km/h SE
Sat2°6°24.4 mm19 km/h SE
Sun2°2°3.9 mm23 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 Shee

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

Nearest parking
1.2 km SSE
+2 more within 2.6 km
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Nearest hut
Gulabin Lodge
2.3 km NW
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All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	1.2 km SSE
Parking	1.3 km SSE
Gulabin LodgeHut	2.3 km NW
Parking	2.6 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 19.4 × 19.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

84.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

15.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.6% of the 376 km² view
Relief in view: 739 m low point 128 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 83.7%Trees 15.2%Cropland 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 9.7 km of Glen Shee.

Summit list 5

1Meall Odhar682 m 4.5 km N
2Mount Blair744 m 4.9 km ENE
3Meall Uaine792 m 6.2 km N
4Mealna Letter702 m 7.2 km NNE
5Ben Earb795 m 9.0 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.7 km; 271 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Ring-necked Pheasant7
Fly Agaric7
Germander Speedwell7
European Toad6
European Fallow Deer5
Common Harebell5

Where it sits

Where Glen Shee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

LochnagarPeak · 1,155 m28 km NNE

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Print & wall

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

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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)
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)
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Glen Shee

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

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