Loch of Skene
- Area
- 1.11 km²
- Tonight
- 3°CRain · Wind 22 km/h NW
Loch of Skene is a lake at 82 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 1.11 km² in area and 1.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 82 m
- Length
- 1.5 km
- Shoreline
- 4.3 km
Loch of Skene in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 4.3 km≈1 h to walk around
Loch of Skene 3D map
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Loch of Skene terrain and contours
5 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 of Skene elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch of Skene weather
Tonight · Rain · 3°C (37°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 22 km/h NW
Loch of Skene forecast for about 82 m.
- Tonight3°0.3 mm22 km/h NW
- Today1°8°13.4 mm45 km/h S
- Sun3°8°6.4 mm58 km/h W
- Mon3°8°5.2 mm25 km/h S
- Tue7°13°0.6 mm35 km/h S
- Wed5°12°–21 km/h SW
- Thu4°10°0.2 mm15 km/h SE
- Fri9°11°1.3 mm21 km/h SE
- Sat7°10°18.7 mm28 km/h SE
- Sun5°6°12.5 mm25 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 of Skene
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch of Skene, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km N
Nearest caravan site
6.8 km N
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km N |
| Parking | 1.6 km E |
| Parking | 1.6 km E |
| Caravan site | 6.8 km N |
| Caravan site | 7.7 km N |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 149 m low point 73 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.
Where Loch of Skene sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Rubislaw QuarryLake · 60 m↑13 km E
Glen Tanar↑36 km WSW
Mount KeenPeak · 939 m↑43 km WSW
Loch MuickLake · 398 m↑55 km WSW
LochnagarPeak · 1,155 m↑58 km WSW
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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 2026-07-19)
- 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)
- 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)