
Loch Dochfour
- Tonight
- 3°CFair · Wind 13 km/h S
Loch Dochfour is a lake at 22 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 22 m
Loch Dochfour 3D map
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Loch Dochfour 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.
Loch Dochfour elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Dochfour weather
Tonight · Fair · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 13 km/h S
Loch Dochfour forecast for about 22 m.
- Tonight3°–13 km/h S
- Today5°8°30.2 mm48 km/h S
- Sun6°9°8.9 mm48 km/h W
- Mon6°8°9.6 mm28 km/h SE
- Tue8°12°7.0 mm42 km/h SW
- Wed8°11°0.5 mm19 km/h SW
- Thu9°13°–10 km/h S
- Fri10°11°10.9 mm10 km/h S
- Sat8°10°23.6 mm13 km/h W
- Sun6°7°11.1 mm9 km/h W
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 Dochfour
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Dochfour, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km SW
Nearest campsite
Camping Pod Heaven
Nearest caravan site
Torvean Caravan Park
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km SW |
| Parking | 1.8 km SSW |
| Parking | 1.9 km NNE |
| Camping Pod HeavenCampsite | 5.8 km SW |
| Torvean Caravan ParkCaravan site | 7.0 km NE |
| Bught Caravan & CampsiteCampsite | 7.2 km NE |
| Bunchrew Caravan ParkCampsite | 7.2 km N |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 372 m low point 11 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; 75 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Fireweed7
- Hooded Crow6
- House Sparrow4
- Eurasian Oystercatcher3
- Mallard3
- Scotch Broom3
Where Loch Dochfour sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Great Glen↑16 km SSW
Loch NessLake · 16 m↑16 km SSW
Glen Urquhart↑17 km WSW
Loch MoyLake↑18 km ESE
Loch MhòrLake↑20 km SSW
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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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)