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Lochnagar
- Easiest route
- 4.4 km+512 m · about 2 h
- Prominence
- 687 m2,253 ft
- Isolation
- 20 km
- Tonight
- -5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW
Lochnagar is a 1,155 m (3,789 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,155 m · 3,789 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Ben Avon (1,171 m)
- Range
- Grampian Mountains
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Protected area
- Cairngorms National Park
- Coordinates
- 56.9601° N, 3.2452° W
How to get to the top of Lochnagar
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.0 km E of Lochnagar
- Distance
- 4.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +512 m−64 m (1,680 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Lochnagar 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.6 × 6.6 km
Lochnagar terrain and contours
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Lochnagar weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW
Lochnagar forecast for the summit, about 1,155 m.
- Tonight-5°–19 km/h NW
- Today-5°1°23.4 mm40 km/h S
- Sun-1°2°6.3 mm50 km/h W
- Mon0°1°9.3 mm31 km/h S
- Tue0°6°4.4 mm39 km/h SW
- Wed2°4°0.2 mm19 km/h SW
- Thu1°5°0.1 mm12 km/h S
- Fri3°4°4.4 mm18 km/h S
- Sat-1°4°18.9 mm19 km/h SE
- Sun-2°-1°12.1 mm18 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 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lochnagar
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lochnagar, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Gelder Shiel Stable
Nearest parking
Spittal of Glen Muick Car Park
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Gelder Shiel StableHut | 4.1 km NNE |
| Glas-allt-ShielHut | 4.9 km SE |
| Allan's HutHut | 5.4 km SSE |
| Parking | 6.6 km E |
| Parking | 6.6 km E |
| Spittal of Glen Muick Car ParkParking | 6.7 km E |
How steep is the route to Lochnagar?
The easiest mapped route, 4.4 km from 696 m to 1,155 m. Steepest stretch: 28°.
- 0–15°4.0 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 3.3 km, measured from the Lochnagar summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Meall Coire na Saobhaidhe972 m 1.2 km N
- 2Meikle Pap978 m 1.6 km E
- 3Cuidhe Cròm1,082 m 2.0 km SE
- 4The Stuic1,093 m 2.1 km WSW
- 5Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,110 m 2.3 km SW
- 6Eagles Rock1,051 m 2.5 km SSW
- 7Little Pap956 m 2.7 km SE
- 8Càrn an t-Sagairt Beag1,044 m 3.0 km WSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 40 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Rock Ptarmigan11
- European Common Frog7
- Northern firmoss6
- Oak Eggar3
- Alpine Lady's-mantle3
- Cloudberry3
Where Lochnagar sits
- Range
- Grampian Mountains22
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Cairngorms National Park5
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Loch MuickLake · 398 m↑5.6 km ESE
Glen Doll↑11 km S
Mount KeenPeak · 939 m↑17 km E
Ben AvonPeak · 1,171 m↑19 km NW
Glen Shee↑21 km SSW
More 1
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
Lochnagar downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,146 m at the summit; the official height is 1,155 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,155 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,146 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,139 m | -16 m |
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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia