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Ben Lomond · 974 m · 9.5 km W
Lake · Scotland

Loch Àrd

34 m112 ft
Area
2.31 km²
Tonight
7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 46 km/h W

Loch Àrd is a lake at 34 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 2.31 km² in area and 5.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
34 m
Length
5.0 km
Shoreline
16.5 km
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Lake

Loch Àrd in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

5.0 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
16.5 km≈4¼ h to walk around
3D map

Loch Àrd 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loch Àrd terrain and contours

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

Loch Àrd elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Loch Àrd weather

Today · Fair · 7 / 10°C (45 / 50°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 46 km/h W

Loch Àrd forecast for about 34 m.

  • Today7°10°0.5 mm46 km/h W
  • Mon7°9°32.0 mm33 km/h S
  • Tue7°9°13.6 mm31 km/h W
  • Wed9°10°1.6 mm20 km/h W
  • Thu9°11°0.5 mm11 km/h E
  • Fri10°10°31.9 mm14 km/h SE
  • Sat6°12°–15 km/h NW
  • Sun6°9°–4 km/h NW
  • Mon6°9°0.1 mm4 km/h N
  • Tue5°7°–3 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 25, 11:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Loch Àrd

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

  • Nearest hut

    Eilean Gorm Bothy

    0.9 km WSW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Loch Ard camping permit area March-September

    1.1 km SSW · +2 more within 6.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    1.3 km WNW

    +2 more within 1.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    5.8 km ENE

    +1 more within 6.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Eilean Gorm BothyHut0.9 km WSW
Loch Ard camping permit area March-SeptemberCampsite1.1 km SSW
Parking1.3 km WNW
Club Parking (private)Parking1.7 km W
Parking1.9 km W
Loch Chon CampsiteCampsite4.7 km NW
Caravan site5.8 km ENE
Caravan site6.0 km ENE
Loch Achray South camping permit area March-SeptemberCampsite6.1 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
62.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.3%
Steep, 30–45°
2.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
2.6% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view
654 m low point 21 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 70.9%Grassland 24.3%Water 4.7%

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 3.5 km; 217 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fly Agaric18
  • Jelly-antler12
  • Common Blue Damselfly11
  • Orange hawkweed11
  • European Toad10
  • Mallard9
Where it sits

Where Loch Àrd sits

Region
Scotland154United Kingdom372Europe2,151
Protected area
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park7
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