Glencorse Reservoir
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- Tonight
- 10°CLight rain showers · Wind 42 km/h S
Glencorse Reservoir is a lake at 224 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 0.22 km² in area and 1.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 224 m
- Length
- 1.3 km
- Shoreline
- 4.0 km
Glencorse Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 4.0 km≈1 h to walk around
Glencorse Reservoir 3D map
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Glencorse Reservoir terrain and contours
20 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.
Glencorse Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Glencorse Reservoir weather
Today · Light rain · 10 / 14°C (50 / 57°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 42 km/h S
Glencorse Reservoir forecast for about 224 m.
- Today10°14°1.7 mm42 km/h S
- Tue8°10°3.2 mm42 km/h SW
- Wed9°12°1.4 mm30 km/h SW
- Thu8°13°–17 km/h SW
- Fri9°11°5.2 mm8 km/h S
- Sat8°10°4.8 mm17 km/h W
- Sun5°10°–20 km/h W
- Mon3°9°–6 km/h SW
- Tue4°8°–9 km/h SE
- Wed4°10°–13 km/h E
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 26, 13:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Glencorse Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glencorse Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.3 km E
Nearest campsite
Bonaly Scout Centre
Nearest caravan site
Slatebarns Caravan Park
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.3 km E |
| Parking | 1.8 km ESE |
| Parking | 1.9 km ESE |
| Bonaly Scout CentreCampsite | 3.7 km N |
| Carsewell Guide CampCampsite | 4.3 km S |
| Slatebarns Caravan ParkCaravan site | 6.0 km E |
| Morton Hall camping caravaningCampsite | 6.5 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 66% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.6% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 393 m low point 177 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 358 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Green Hairstreak21
- Grey Heron18
- Gorse18
- Red Grouse17
- Greylag Goose16
- Mute Swan14
Where Glencorse Reservoir sits
- Region
- Scotland166United Kingdom394Europe2,267
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-19)
- 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)