Glen Tanar
- Depth
- 296 m
- Rim
- 669 m
- Length
- 15.1 km
- Tonight
- -2°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h NW
Glen Tanar is up to 296 m deep: the rim reaches 669 m and the floor 150 m, along 15.1 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 150 m
Depth of Glen Tanar
Up to 296 m deep (typically 231 m) along the 15.1 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Glen Tanar 3D map
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Glen Tanar 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.
Glen Tanar elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Glen Tanar weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · Wind 22 km/h NW
Glen Tanar forecast for about 669 m.
- Tonight-2°–22 km/h NW
- Today-2°5°19.9 mm39 km/h S
- Sun1°5°5.5 mm51 km/h W
- Mon1°5°9.5 mm29 km/h S
- Tue3°9°2.8 mm39 km/h SW
- Wed4°8°0.1 mm21 km/h W
- Thu2°8°–14 km/h S
- Fri5°7°3.5 mm22 km/h S
- Sat3°7°22.2 mm24 km/h SE
- Sun1°2°12.9 mm19 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 Tanar
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glen Tanar, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Public Car Park
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Public Car ParkParking | 4.1 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.1 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.1 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.5% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 760 m low point 126 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 6 km of Glen Tanar.
Summit list 6
- 1Clachan Yell627 m 2.0 km S
- 2Black Craig640 m 3.1 km SSW
- 3Little Cockcairn623 m 3.8 km SSE
- 4Cock Cairn727 m 4.8 km SSE
- 5Gathering Cairn789 m 5.2 km SSW
- 6Hill of Gairney755 m 5.6 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 497 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Fly Agaric22
- Speckled Wood20
- Scotch Argus20
- European Peacock Butterfly16
- European Toad16
- Ringlet14
Where Glen Tanar sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)