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Schiehallion

1,083 m3,553 ft
Easiest route
5.1 km+742 m · about 2.5 h · T2
Prominence
654 m2,147 ft
Isolation
13 km
Tonight
-4°CFog · Wind 13 km/h W

Schiehallion is a 1,083 m (3,553 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts
Elevation
1,083 m · 3,553 ft
Nearest higher peak
Meall Garbh (1,118 m)
Range
Grampian Mountains
Region
Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates
56.6668° N, 4.0998° W
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Route

How to get to the top of Schiehallion

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 4.0 km ENE of Schiehallion

Distance
5.1 kmone way
Climb
+742 m−6 m (2,434 ft up)
Time up
about 2.5 h
Difficulty
T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Schiehallion elevation profile
4006008001,00005.1 kmSchiehallion

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Schiehallion 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km

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Topographic map

Schiehallion 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Schiehallion weather

Tonight · Fog · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 13 km/h W

Schiehallion forecast for the summit, about 1,083 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 338 m.

  • Tonight-4°–13 km/h WBase 0°
  • Today-4°2°30.6 mm39 km/h WBase 0 / 6°
  • Sun-1°2°2.2 mm47 km/h WBase 4 / 7°
  • Mon1°1°14.7 mm21 km/h SBase 5 / 6°
  • Tue1°6°6.5 mm30 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
  • Wed2°4°1.0 mm17 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
  • Thu3°4°0.4 mm9 km/h EBase 7 / 9°
  • Fri2°4°6.9 mm13 km/h EBase 7 / 8°
  • Sat0°4°12.8 mm15 km/h EBase 4 / 8°
  • Sun0°0°4.7 mm16 km/h NWBase 4 / 5°

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

Camping & parking near Schiehallion

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking2.4 km NNE
Parking2.9 km NE
Parking3.3 km NNW
Pheiginn BothyHut3.9 km SE
Glengoulandie Camping & CaravanningCampsite5.8 km ESE
Tummel Valley Holiday ParkCaravan site6.8 km NE
Slope

How steep is the route to Schiehallion?

The easiest mapped route, 5.1 km from 338 m to 1,083 m. Steepest stretch: 17°.

0 km · 338 m5.1 km · 1,083 m
  • 0–15°4.7 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

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 92.1%Trees 6.5%Water 1.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Schiehallion sits

Range
Grampian Mountains22
Region
Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,075 m at the summit; the official height is 1,083 m.Official 1,083 m90 m model 1,063 mThis map 1,075 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,083 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,075 m-8 m
Copernicus GLO-901,063 m-20 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)
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