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Creag Mhigeachaidh · 742 m · 5.8 km SSW
Lake · Scotland

Loch an Eilein

255 m837 ft
Area
0.56 km²
Tonight
1°CFog · Wind 11 km/h S

Loch an Eilein is a lake at 255 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 0.56 km² in area and 1.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
255 m
Length
1.5 km
Shoreline
5.5 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Loch an Eilein in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.5 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
5.5 km≈1¼ h to walk around
3D map

Loch an Eilein 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loch an Eilein 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Loch an Eilein elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Loch an Eilein weather

Tonight · Fog · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 11 km/h S

Loch an Eilein forecast for about 255 m.

  • Tonight1°–11 km/h S
  • Today2°6°25.8 mm47 km/h S
  • Sun4°7°9.2 mm48 km/h W
  • Mon4°7°10.1 mm32 km/h SE
  • Tue5°12°6.7 mm41 km/h SW
  • Wed6°8°0.8 mm18 km/h SW
  • Thu8°11°–13 km/h S
  • Fri9°9°7.6 mm15 km/h S
  • Sat5°9°15.8 mm19 km/h SE
  • Sun4°5°18.9 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 Loch an Eilein

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

  • Nearest parking

    Loch an Eilean car park

    0.9 km N · +2 more within 3.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Inshriach ("Drake's") Bothy

    2.5 km SSW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Rothiemurchus Camp and Caravan

    3.5 km NNE · +1 more within 4.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    High Range Holiday Complex

    4.2 km N

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Loch an Eilean car parkParking0.9 km N
WhitewellParking2.1 km ENE
Inshriach ("Drake's") BothyHut2.5 km SSW
Parking3.0 km NW
Rothiemurchus Camp and CaravanCampsite3.5 km NNE
High Range Holiday ComplexCaravan site4.2 km N
Dalraddy Holiday ParkCampsite4.3 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
76.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
21.8%
Steep, 30–45°
2.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
2.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
500 m low point 207 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 53.6%Grassland 40.3%Water 5.1%Cropland 0.8%

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 2 km; 317 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard35
  • Common heather34
  • Fly Agaric33
  • Common bilberry33
  • Lingonberry29
  • Common juniper27
Where it sits

Where Loch an Eilein sits

Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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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