Loch Arkaig
- Area
- 16 km²
- Max depth
- 109 m
- Tonight
- 3°CFog · Wind 6 km/h SE
Loch Arkaig is a lake at 42 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 km² in area and 18.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 42 m
- Length
- 18.6 km
- Shoreline
- 44.6 km
Loch Arkaig in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 44.6 km
Loch Arkaig 3D map
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Loch Arkaig 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 Arkaig elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Arkaig weather
Tonight · Fog · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 6 km/h SE
Loch Arkaig forecast for about 42 m.
- Tonight3°–6 km/h SE
- Today3°8°37.1 mm42 km/h W
- Sun6°9°3.3 mm45 km/h W
- Mon6°8°35.1 mm24 km/h E
- Tue7°10°13.7 mm35 km/h SW
- Wed7°9°3.5 mm19 km/h SW
- Thu9°11°0.5 mm15 km/h SE
- Fri10°10°13.6 mm10 km/h SE
- Sat7°10°10.5 mm10 km/h W
- Sun6°7°6.0 mm13 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 Arkaig
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Arkaig, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Invermallie
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| InvermallieHut | 6.0 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.1% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 969 m low point 12 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Loch Arkaig.
Summit list 5
- 1Mullach na Briobaig380 m 2.8 km SE
- 2Mullach Coire nan Geur-oirean727 m 3.6 km WSW
- 3Meall Blàir656 m 4.2 km N
- 4Màm an Doire Dhuinn564 m 6.1 km NW
- 5Sgùrr Chòinich749 m 6.1 km NE
Where Loch Arkaig sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Loch LochyLake · 29 m↑15 km E
Loch GarryLake · 83 m↑19 km NE
Glen Nevis↑23 km SSE
Glen Roy↑24 km E
Loch MorarLake · 10 m↑31 km W
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- 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)
- 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)