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Glen Shiel

Floor6 m20 ft
Depth
837 m
Rim
864 m
Length
12.6 km
Tonight
-2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h SE

Glen Shiel is up to 837 m deep: the rim reaches 864 m and the floor 6 m, along 12.6 km.

All facts
Floor
6 m
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Depth

Depth of Glen Shiel

Up to 837 m deep (typically 733 m) along the 12.6 km in view.

02505007501,000837 mrimfloor0512.6 km

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

3D map

Glen Shiel 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Glen Shiel terrain and contours

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 centre

Glen Shiel elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Glen Shiel weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · Wind 11 km/h SE

Glen Shiel forecast for about 864 m.

  • Tonight-2°–11 km/h SE
  • Today-1°3°41.2 mm42 km/h SE
  • Sun0°3°6.5 mm45 km/h W
  • Mon1°3°34.0 mm29 km/h SE
  • Tue2°5°17.5 mm40 km/h SW
  • Wed2°5°3.4 mm25 km/h W
  • Thu4°6°0.3 mm22 km/h SE
  • Fri5°5°9.4 mm22 km/h SE
  • Sat2°5°13.2 mm17 km/h SE
  • Sun1°2°9.4 mm18 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 Shiel

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Glenshiel CampsiteCampsite0.5 km ENE
Parking0.6 km ENE
Parking1.9 km NW
Parking2.0 km NW
Morvich Club CampsiteCampsite3.8 km NE
SuardalanHut5.2 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
21.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
44.3%
Steep, 30–45°
32.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.9%
Steeper than 30°
34.6% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
1,061 m low point 0 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 88.4%Trees 7.1%Water 3.2%Moss & lichen 1.1%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Glen Shiel.

NESW5 km10 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Sgùrr na Càrnach1,002 m 0.3 km NW
  2. 2Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe1,027 m 0.9 km SE
  3. 3Sgùrr Fhuaran1,067 m 1.0 km N
  4. 4Sgùrr nan Saighead929 m 2.1 km NNW
  5. 5Sgùrr na Mòraich875 m 3.8 km NNW
  6. 6Sgurr na Forcan961 m 4.7 km SW
  7. 7The Saddle North East peak1,010 m 5.0 km SW
  8. 8The Saddle1,010 m 5.1 km WSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 100 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Domestic Goat11
  • Gorse7
  • Devil's-bit Scabious7
  • Common heather6
  • Wild Angelica5
  • Common alder5
Where it sits

Where Glen Shiel sits

Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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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