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Lake · Scotland

Loch Tummel

143 m469 ft
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
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Lake

Loch Tummel in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

11.3 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
29.2 km≈7¼ h to walk around
3D map

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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Loch Tummel elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

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

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.

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Ardgualich Farm & Loch Tummel Camp SiteCampsite3.3 km E
Parking3.8 km E
Parking4.3 km E
Parking4.4 km E
Tummel Valley Holiday ParkCaravan site5.5 km W
Hut6.9 km S
Hut7.4 km S
Slope

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°.

Gentle, 0–15°
81.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
17.9%
Steep, 30–45°
0.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.9% of the 177 km² view
Relief in view
666 m low point 117 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 62.7%Trees 32.7%Water 4.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.7 km of Loch Tummel.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Sron Mhòr505 m 2.7 km ESE
  2. 2Creag an Lochain656 m 3.3 km SE
  3. 3Meall Reamhar493 m 4.4 km WNW
  4. 4Beinn Eagagach688 m 4.5 km SE
  5. 5Farragon Hill783 m 4.5 km SSE
  6. 6Creagan Loch736 m 4.9 km S
  7. 7Meall Tàirneachan787 m 5.1 km SSW
  8. 8Creag an Fhithich630 m 5.4 km ESE
  9. 9Meall Odhar Mòr678 m 5.6 km SSW
Wildlife

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 it sits

Where Loch Tummel sits

Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Loch Tummel downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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GIS & GPS
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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