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Meall nan Tarmachan

1,044 m3,424 ft

Prominence: 495 m1,623 ft
Isolation: 3.5 km
Tonight: -3°CCloudy · Wind 6 km/h W

Meall nan Tarmachan is a 1,044 m (3,424 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 1,044 m · 3,424 ft
Nearest higher peak: Meall Corranaich (1,069 m)
Range: Grampian Mountains
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 56.5218° N, 4.3010° W

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3D map

Meall nan Tarmachan 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Meall nan Tarmachan 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Meall nan Tarmachan elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Meall nan Tarmachan weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 6 km/h W

Meall nan Tarmachan forecast for the summit, about 1,044 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 159 m.

Tonight-3°–6 km/h WBase 2°
Today-2°2°39.6 mm37 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
Sun-1°2°4.5 mm41 km/h WBase 5 / 7°
Mon0°2°22.1 mm26 km/h SBase 6 / 7°
Tue1°6°11.9 mm32 km/h SWBase 6 / 12°
Wed2°4°1.1 mm18 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
Thu3°4°0.5 mm12 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
Fri3°4°5.9 mm11 km/h SEBase 9 / 9°
Sat0°4°10.0 mm14 km/h SEBase 6 / 9°
Sun0°0°5.8 mm18 km/h NWBase 5 / 6°

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 Meall nan Tarmachan

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Meall nan Tarmachan, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.6 km E
+2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
High Creagan Caravan Park
3.9 km SSE · +1 more within 5.3 km
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Nearest campsite
Cruachan Farm Caravan and Camping Park
4.1 km SE
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	1.6 km E
Parking	2.0 km ESE
Parking	2.1 km ESE
High Creagan Caravan ParkCaravan site	3.9 km SSE
Cruachan Farm Caravan and Camping ParkCampsite	4.1 km SE
Maragowan Caravan SiteCaravan site	5.3 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.6%

Steep, 30–45°

6.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.6%

Steeper than 30°: 6.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 905 m low point 159 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 97.6%Water 1.5%Trees 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Meall nan Tarmachan summit.

Summit list 6

1Meall Garbh1,026 m 1.0 km SW
2Creag an Lochain836 m 1.4 km NNE
3Beinn nan Eachan1,000 m 1.6 km WSW
4Meall Tòn Eich815 m 1.9 km WNW
5Creag na Caillich916 m 2.6 km WSW
6Meall Liath564 m 2.8 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 211 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common bilberry16
Yellow Saxifrage16
Alpine Lady's-mantle14
Lingonberry13
Common Butterwort12
Heath speedwell11

Where it sits

Where Meall nan Tarmachan sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Meall nan Tarmachan downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,037 m at the summit; the official height is 1,044 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,044 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,037 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,031 m	-13 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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Meall nan Tarmachan

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

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