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Great Glen

Floor123 m404 ft
Depth
189 m
Rim
409 m
Length
17.6 km
Tonight
2°CCloudy · Wind 13 km/h S

Great Glen is up to 189 m deep: the rim reaches 409 m and the floor 123 m, along 17.6 km.

All facts
Floor
123 m
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Great Glen 3D map

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Topographic map

Great Glen topographic map

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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Great Glen elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Depth

Depth of Great Glen

Up to 189 m deep (typically 138 m) along the 17.6 km in view.

100200300400500189 mrimfloor051017.6 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

Weather

Great Glen weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 13 km/h S

Great Glen forecast for about 409 m.

  • Tonight2°–13 km/h S
  • Today3°6°34.0 mm48 km/h SE
  • Sun4°7°9.6 mm46 km/h W
  • Mon5°7°10.6 mm31 km/h SE
  • Tue5°10°7.6 mm42 km/h SW
  • Wed6°8°0.8 mm21 km/h SW
  • Thu8°11°–14 km/h S
  • Fri8°9°7.4 mm15 km/h S
  • Sat6°9°21.1 mm8 km/h SE
  • Sun5°5°14.3 mm12 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 Great Glen

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.2 km NW

    +2 more within 2.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Loch Ness Bay Camping

    3.3 km NNW · +1 more within 5.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Dave's Rest

    3.4 km NW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km NW
Parking1.7 km WSW
Parking2.1 km S
Loch Ness Bay CampingCampsite3.3 km NNW
Dave's RestCaravan site3.4 km NW
Loch Ness ShoresCampsite5.9 km SSW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 78% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
78.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
18.6%
Steep, 30–45°
3.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
3.2% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
692 m low point 16 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 54.8%Trees 28.0%Water 16.8%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 402 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Gorse70
  • European Robin54
  • Mallard50
  • Common Chaffinch44
  • Maidenhair spleenwort20
  • Wall-rue20
Where it sits

Where Great Glen sits

Range
Scottish Highlands14
Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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