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Lake · Scotland

Loch Insh

218 m715 ft
Area
0.16 km²
Tonight
1°CFog · Wind 12 km/h SW

Loch Insh is a lake at 218 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 0.16 km² in area and 3.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
218 m
Length
3.0 km
Shoreline
8.6 km
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Lake

Loch Insh in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.0 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
8.6 km≈2¼ h to walk around
3D map

Loch Insh 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loch Insh terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Loch Insh elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Loch Insh weather

Tonight · Fog · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 12 km/h SW

Loch Insh forecast for about 218 m.

  • Tonight1°–12 km/h SW
  • Today1°6°29.6 mm47 km/h S
  • Sun4°7°9.8 mm46 km/h W
  • Mon5°7°10.8 mm32 km/h SE
  • Tue5°11°7.2 mm37 km/h SW
  • Wed6°9°1.0 mm19 km/h SW
  • Thu8°11°–16 km/h S
  • Fri9°10°6.6 mm16 km/h S
  • Sat6°10°14.4 mm15 km/h S
  • Sun4°5°10.7 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

Camping & parking near Loch Insh

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

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km ENE
Parking0.8 km ENE
Parking1.4 km NNW
Dalraddy Holiday ParkCampsite4.3 km NNE
Inshriach ("Drake's") BothyHut5.5 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5 × 5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
92.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.6%
Steep, 30–45°
0.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.2% of the 25 km² view
Relief in view
249 m low point 217 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 52.7%Trees 38.6%Water 6.8%Built-up 0.9%Cropland 0.8%

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 2.5 km; 505 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fly Agaric34
  • Barnacle Goose27
  • Ring-necked Pheasant26
  • Eurasian Red Squirrel25
  • Eurasian Jackdaw25
  • European Toad24
Where it sits

Where Loch Insh sits

Range
Scottish Highlands14
Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Cairngorms National Park5
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Scottish Highlands 6
See all 14 in the Scottish Highlands →
Downloads

Loch Insh 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia