Pap of Glencoe
- Easiest route
- 2.6 km+701 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 154 m506 ft
- Isolation
- 1.1 km
- Tonight
- -1°CFog · Wind 9 km/h SE
Pap of Glencoe is a 742 m (2,434 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 742 m · 2,434 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Sgorr nam Fiannaidh (968 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.6887° N, 5.0627° W
How to get to the top of Pap of Glencoe
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.6 km SW of Pap of Glencoe
- Distance
- 2.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +701 m−14 m (2,300 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Pap of Glencoe 3D map
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Pap of Glencoe terrain and contours
50 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
Pap of Glencoe weather
Tonight · Fog · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 9 km/h SE
Pap of Glencoe forecast for the summit, about 742 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 23 m.
- Tonight-1°–9 km/h SEBase 3°
- Today0°5°39.4 mm39 km/h SBase 4 / 9°
- Sun1°5°9.0 mm39 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
- Mon2°3°26.8 mm24 km/h SBase 6 / 8°
- Tue3°6°12.9 mm32 km/h SWBase 7 / 11°
- Wed4°6°2.3 mm18 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
- Thu5°7°0.2 mm18 km/h SEBase 10 / 12°
- Fri6°6°12.4 mm17 km/h SEBase 10 / 10°
- Sat2°6°12.0 mm16 km/h SEBase 6 / 10°
- Sun2°2°8.1 mm13 km/h NWBase 6 / 7°
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 Pap of Glencoe
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pap of Glencoe, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.2 km NNW
Nearest campsite
Caolasnacon Caravan & Camping Park
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 1.4 km NW |
| Parking | 1.6 km NNW |
| Caolasnacon Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 2.1 km NE |
| Red Squirrel CampsiteCampsite | 2.2 km SSW |
| Invercoe Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite | 2.7 km W |
How steep is the route to Pap of Glencoe?
The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 23 m to 742 m. Steepest stretch: 36°.
- 0–15°1.4 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 km, measured from the Pap of Glencoe summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Sgorr nam Fiannaidh967 m 1.9 km ESE
- 2Meall Garbh864 m 2.3 km E
- 3Torr a' Phloda97 m 2.4 km NE
- 4Stob Coire Leith938 m 2.6 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 437 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Chaffinch70
- European Robin64
- Purple foxglove47
- Common heather37
- Salal34
- Bell Heather34
Where Pap of Glencoe sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Loch AchtriochtanLake↑3.2 km SE
Glen Coe↑5.2 km ESE
Bidean nam BianPeak · 1,149 m↑5.5 km SSE
Coire Gabhail↑5.7 km SE
Glen Nevis↑9.3 km N
More 1
Pap of Glencoe downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 737 m at the summit; the official height is 742 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 742 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 737 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 716 m | -26 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, 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