Loch Tummel
- Area
- 5.80 km²
- Tonight
- 1°CCloudy · Wind 11 km/h W
Loch Tummel is a lake at 143 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 5.80 km² in area and 11.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 143 m
- Length
- 11.3 km
- Shoreline
- 29.2 km
Loch Tummel in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 29.2 km≈7¼ h to walk around
Loch Tummel 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.3 × 13.3 km
Loch Tummel terrain and contours
25 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 Tummel elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Loch Tummel weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 11 km/h W
Loch Tummel forecast for about 143 m.
- Tonight1°–11 km/h W
- Today1°7°30.8 mm38 km/h SW
- Sun5°9°3.8 mm46 km/h W
- Mon6°7°12.3 mm23 km/h E
- Tue7°12°5.6 mm27 km/h W
- Wed7°10°0.9 mm14 km/h W
- Thu8°10°0.4 mm10 km/h E
- Fri8°10°7.2 mm13 km/h E
- Sat5°10°14.0 mm16 km/h SE
- Sun5°6°4.7 mm15 km/h W
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 Tummel
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Loch Tummel, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Ardgualich Farm & Loch Tummel Camp Site
Nearest parking
3.8 km E
Nearest caravan site
Tummel Valley Holiday Park
Nearest hut
6.9 km S
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Ardgualich Farm & Loch Tummel Camp SiteCampsite | 3.3 km E |
| Parking | 3.8 km E |
| Parking | 4.3 km E |
| Parking | 4.4 km E |
| Tummel Valley Holiday ParkCaravan site | 5.5 km W |
| Hut | 6.9 km S |
| Hut | 7.4 km S |
Slope
Share of the 13.3 × 13.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.9% of the 177 km² view
- Relief in view
- 666 m low point 117 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 6.7 km of Loch Tummel.
Summit list 9
- 1Sron Mhòr505 m 2.7 km ESE
- 2Creag an Lochain656 m 3.3 km SE
- 3Meall Reamhar493 m 4.4 km WNW
- 4Beinn Eagagach688 m 4.5 km SE
- 5Farragon Hill783 m 4.5 km SSE
- 6Creagan Loch736 m 4.9 km S
- 7Meall Tàirneachan787 m 5.1 km SSW
- 8Creag an Fhithich630 m 5.4 km ESE
- 9Meall Odhar Mòr678 m 5.6 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.7 km; 293 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Fly Agaric12
- Wood anemone7
- European Robin6
- Mother of Thyme6
- Speckled Wood5
- Purple foxglove5
Where Loch Tummel sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Loch FaskallyLake↑10 km E
SchiehallionPeak · 1,083 m↑12 km WSW
Ben VrackiePeak · 841 m↑14 km ENE
Loch ErrochtyLake↑14 km WNW
Glen Tilt↑17 km NE
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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 2026-07-15)
- 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)