Goat Fell
- Easiest route
- 2.9 km+572 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Isolation
- 3.6 km
- Tonight
- 2°CCloudy · Wind 23 km/h S
Goat Fell is an 874 m (2,867 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 874 m · 2,867 ft
- Prominence
- 874 m · 2,867 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- The Cobbler (884 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 55.6257° N, 5.1915° W
How to get to the top of Goat Fell
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.1 km SSE of Goat Fell
- Distance
- 2.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +572 m(1,877 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Goat Fell 3D map
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Goat Fell terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Goat Fell weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 23 km/h S
Goat Fell forecast for the summit, about 874 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 291 m.
- Tonight2°–23 km/h SBase 5°
- Today3°7°29.5 mm76 km/h WBase 7 / 10°
- Sun3°5°5.2 mm73 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
- Mon3°5°16.5 mm44 km/h SBase 7 / 9°
- Tue4°7°9.7 mm42 km/h SWBase 7 / 10°
- Wed5°7°0.7 mm24 km/h WBase 8 / 11°
- Thu4°7°2.8 mm27 km/h SEBase 8 / 10°
- Fri6°6°22.8 mm24 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Sat3°6°9.4 mm23 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
- Sun3°4°1.7 mm28 km/h NWBase 7 / 7°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Goat Fell
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Goat Fell, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Campsite Car Park
Nearest campsite
Glen Rosa Campsite
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.5 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.6 km E |
| Campsite Car ParkParking | 3.9 km SSE |
| Glen Rosa CampsiteCampsite | 3.9 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Goat Fell?
The easiest mapped route, 2.9 km from 291 m to 874 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°2.4 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 3.7 km, measured from the Goat Fell summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mullach Buidhe819 m 1.6 km N
- 2Beinn a' Chliabhain680 m 2.3 km WSW
- 3Cìr Mhòr799 m 2.5 km NW
- 4A'Chir745 m 2.6 km WNW
- 5Cìoch na h-Oighe661 m 2.7 km NNE
- 6Beinn Tarsuinn826 m 3.2 km W
- 7Caisteal Abhail859 m 3.6 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.7 km; 204 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Drinker Moth13
- European Common Frog11
- Adder11
- Viviparous Lizard8
- Oak Eggar8
- Bog myrtle8
Where Goat Fell sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Glen Rosa↑2.2 km SSW
Loch ThomLake↑41 km NE
Castle Semple LochLake↑41 km ENE
Loch EckLake↑52 km NNE
Glen Fruin↑55 km NNE
More 1
Goat Fell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 869 m at the summit; the official height is 874 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 874 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 869 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 856 m | -18 m |
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 2025 (scene 2025-08-17)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia