Loch Achtriochtan
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- Tonight
- 3°CFog · Wind 6 km/h SE
Loch Achtriochtan is a lake at 86 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 0.13 km² in area and 0.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 86 m
- Length
- 0.6 km
- Shoreline
- 2.0 km
Loch Achtriochtan in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.0 km≈30 min to walk around
Loch Achtriochtan 3D map
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Loch Achtriochtan 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.
Loch Achtriochtan elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Achtriochtan weather
Tonight · Fog · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 6 km/h SE
Loch Achtriochtan forecast for about 86 m.
- Tonight3°–6 km/h SE
- Today4°8°43.2 mm37 km/h SW
- Sun6°8°6.9 mm43 km/h W
- Mon5°8°28.3 mm25 km/h S
- Tue7°10°12.4 mm34 km/h SW
- Wed8°9°2.3 mm20 km/h W
- Thu9°11°0.3 mm18 km/h SE
- Fri10°10°10.3 mm19 km/h SE
- Sat6°10°12.8 mm18 km/h SE
- Sun6°6°8.1 mm14 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 Loch Achtriochtan
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Achtriochtan, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km W
Nearest campsite
Red Squirrel Campsite
Nearest hut
Lagangarbh
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km W |
| Parking | 0.6 km NE |
| An Torr Car ParkParking | 1.4 km WSW |
| Red Squirrel CampsiteCampsite | 2.4 km WNW |
| Caolasnacon Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 4.4 km N |
| Invercoe Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 5.1 km WNW |
| LagangarbhHut | 7.9 km E |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 54.6% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,077 m low point 32 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; 210 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Heath spotted orchid24
- Bell Heather21
- Common heather17
- Common Chaffinch12
- European Robin12
- Purple foxglove12
Where Loch Achtriochtan sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Bidean nam BianPeak · 1,149 m↑2.5 km S
Coire Gabhail↑2.7 km ESE
Glen Coe↑2.8 km E
Pap of GlencoePeak · 742 m↑3.2 km NW
Glen Etive↑7.3 km SSE
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- Terrain
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- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)