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Loch Oich
- Area
- 1.87 km²
- Max depth
- 47 m
- Tonight
- 4°CHeavy rain · Wind 36 km/h W
Loch Oich is a lake at 32 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 1.87 km² in area and 6.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 32 m
- Length
- 6.4 km
- Shoreline
- 17.0 km
Loch Oich in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 17.0 km≈4¼ h to walk around
Loch Oich 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.4 × 8.4 km
Loch Oich 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 Oich elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Oich weather
Today · Heavy rain · 4 / 8°C (39 / 46°F) · 37.4 mm · Wind 36 km/h W
Loch Oich forecast for about 32 m.
- Today4°8°37.4 mm36 km/h W
- Sun6°9°6.7 mm41 km/h W
- Mon6°9°17.0 mm26 km/h S
- Tue6°11°11.9 mm34 km/h SW
- Wed7°9°2.6 mm19 km/h SW
- Thu9°12°–15 km/h S
- Fri10°11°11.8 mm12 km/h S
- Sat7°11°12.0 mm9 km/h SE
- Sun6°7°7.8 mm8 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, 07:16 UTC.
Camping & parking near Loch Oich
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Oich, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.5 km W
Nearest campsite
Leitirfearn Trailblazer Rest
Nearest hut
Glenbuck
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.5 km W |
| Leitirfearn Trailblazer RestCampsite | 0.7 km NE |
| Parking | 1.8 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.1 km SW |
| GlenbuckHut | 2.1 km SE |
| Faichemard Farm CampsiteCampsite | 3.6 km W |
| Laggan Locks informal campsiteCampsite | 5.9 km SW |
| Blackburn of CorrieyairackHut | 6.3 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.5% of the 71 km² view
- Relief in view
- 787 m low point 27 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.2 km; 166 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tree Lungwort9
- Purple foxglove5
- Red Deer5
- Fireweed5
- Red Clover4
- Arctic Loon3
Where Loch Oich sits
- Range
- Scottish Highlands14
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,144
Nearby places
Loch GarryLake · 83 m↑8.9 km W
Corrieyairack Pass↑9.9 km ESE
Glen Roy↑11 km S
Loch SpeyLake↑12 km ESE
Glen Moriston↑13 km NNE
More in the Scottish Highlands 6
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- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)