Loch Ericht
- Area
- 22 km²
- Max depth
- 156 m
- Tonight
- 1°CFog · Wind 8 km/h W
Loch Ericht is a lake at 357 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 22 km² in area and 25.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 357 m
- Length
- 25.0 km
- Shoreline
- 59.4 km
Loch Ericht in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 59.4 km
Loch Ericht 3D map
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Loch Ericht 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 Ericht elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Ericht weather
Tonight · Fog · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 8 km/h W
Loch Ericht forecast for about 357 m.
- Tonight1°–8 km/h W
- Today1°6°37.6 mm39 km/h SW
- Sun4°6°5.5 mm42 km/h W
- Mon4°6°22.4 mm28 km/h S
- Tue5°10°10.7 mm36 km/h SW
- Wed6°8°1.6 mm22 km/h W
- Thu7°8°0.3 mm14 km/h SE
- Fri7°8°6.9 mm18 km/h SE
- Sat5°8°13.3 mm20 km/h SE
- Sun4°4°5.6 mm19 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 Ericht
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Ericht, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Ben Alder Cottage
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Ben Alder CottageHut | 7.9 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 69% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.4% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 858 m low point 288 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 Ericht.
Summit list 9
- 1Beinn Udlamain1,011 m 2.4 km ENE
- 2Sgairneach Mhòr991 m 4.3 km E
- 3Beinn Bheoil1,019 m 4.3 km WSW
- 4Stob an Aonaich Mhoir855 m 4.5 km SSW
- 5Sròn Coire na h-Iolaire956 m 5.3 km SW
- 6A' Mharconaich975 m 5.6 km ENE
- 7Carn Dearg1,034 m 6.0 km WNW
- 8Geal-charn917 m 6.2 km NE
- 9Sron Bealach Beithe1,065 m 6.3 km WSW
Where Loch Ericht sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Ben AlderPeak · 1,148 m↑6.2 km WSW
Loch LagganLake↑15 km NNW
Loch ErrochtyLake↑16 km ESE
Loch RannochLake↑16 km SSE
Creag MeagaidhPeak · 1,128 m↑20 km NW
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-17)
- 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)