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Lake · Scotland

Loch Eilt

29 m95 ft
Area
1.80 km²
Tonight
7°CRain showers · Wind 51 km/h W

Loch Eilt is a lake at 29 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 1.80 km² in area and 5.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
29 m
Length
5.4 km
Shoreline
15.4 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Loch Eilt in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

5.4 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
15.4 km≈3¾ h to walk around
3D map

Loch Eilt 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.4 × 7.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loch Eilt 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Loch Eilt elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Loch Eilt weather

Today · Rain showers · 7 / 10°C (45 / 50°F) · 6.1 mm · Wind 51 km/h W

Loch Eilt forecast for about 29 m.

  • Today7°10°6.1 mm51 km/h W
  • Mon7°12°28.6 mm43 km/h S
  • Tue7°10°19.6 mm45 km/h W
  • Wed9°11°5.3 mm27 km/h W
  • Thu10°11°0.2 mm22 km/h SE
  • Fri10°11°21.5 mm26 km/h SE
  • Sat7°11°0.6 mm14 km/h W
  • Sun9°11°3.4 mm8 km/h SE
  • Mon7°10°0.2 mm8 km/h SE
  • Tue2°9°–7 km/h SE

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 Eilt

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km NNE
EssanHut0.5 km SSE
Parking1.3 km E
Parking1.6 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 7.4 × 7.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
37.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
46.9%
Steep, 30–45°
14.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.7%
Steeper than 30°
15.5% of the 55 km² view
Relief in view
852 m low point 12 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 89.7%Water 6.4%Trees 3.9%

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 3.7 km; 18 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Great Sundew4
  • European mountain ash3
  • Common heather3
  • Round-leaved sundew2
  • Bell Heather2
  • White-tailed Eagle1
Where it sits

Where Loch Eilt sits

Region
Scotland154United Kingdom372Europe2,151
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Loch Eilt downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 · Wikipedia