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Loch Laggan

249 m817 ft
Area
7.68 km²
Tonight
1°CFog · Wind 6 km/h S

Loch Laggan is a lake at 249 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 7.68 km² in area and 11.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
249 m
Length
11.7 km
Shoreline
29.1 km
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Lake

Loch Laggan in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

11.7 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
29.1 km≈7¼ h to walk around
3D map

Loch Laggan 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.7 × 13.7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loch Laggan 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 Laggan elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Loch Laggan weather

Tonight · Fog · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 6 km/h S

Loch Laggan forecast for about 249 m.

  • Tonight1°–6 km/h S
  • Today2°6°38.2 mm35 km/h SE
  • Sun4°7°6.8 mm42 km/h W
  • Mon5°6°21.5 mm27 km/h S
  • Tue5°11°11.6 mm32 km/h SW
  • Wed6°8°1.7 mm19 km/h SW
  • Thu8°9°0.2 mm16 km/h SE
  • Fri8°9°7.3 mm16 km/h SE
  • Sat5°9°16.2 mm17 km/h SE
  • Sun4°5°6.6 mm17 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 Laggan

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

  • Nearest parking

    Creag Meagaidh

    0.6 km NW · +2 more within 1.9 km

  • Nearest campsite

    2.4 km ENE

    +1 more within 5.5 km

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Creag MeagaidhParking0.6 km NW
Parking1.1 km NE
Parking1.9 km NE
Campsite2.4 km ENE
Campsite5.5 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 13.7 × 13.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
68.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.9%
Steep, 30–45°
5.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.4%
Steeper than 30°
5.7% of the 188 km² view
Relief in view
878 m low point 249 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 83.5%Trees 10.3%Water 5.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.8 km of Loch Laggan.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Sron a' Choire1,001 m 4.0 km WNW
  2. 2Càrn Liath1,006 m 4.2 km NNW
  3. 3Binnein Shuas747 m 4.4 km SSW
  4. 4Meall an t-Shaim969 m 4.8 km NW
  5. 5Creag Pitridh924 m 4.9 km S
  6. 6Puist Coire Ardair1,070 m 4.9 km W
  7. 7Sron Coire A'Chriochairein991 m 5.2 km NW
  8. 8Stob Coire Dubh916 m 5.4 km N
  9. 9Meall a' Chaorainn Mor892 m 6.0 km N
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.8 km; 254 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Wood anemone11
  • European mountain ash10
  • Common bilberry10
  • Arctic Starflower10
  • Common Lousewort9
  • European Common Frog8
Where it sits

Where Loch Laggan sits

Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Loch Laggan 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