Suilven
- Easiest route
- 10.4 km+827 m · about 4 h · T2
- Prominence
- 505 m1,656 ft
- Isolation
- 4.7 km
- Tonight
- -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 18 km/h S
Suilven is a 731 m (2,398 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 731 m · 2,398 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Canisp (847 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 58.1154° N, 5.1373° W
How to get to the top of Suilven
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Inverkirkaig
- Distance
- 10.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +827 m−136 m (2,713 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Suilven 3D map
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Suilven terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Inverkirkaig. 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
Suilven weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 18 km/h S
Suilven forecast for the summit, about 731 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 76 m.
- Tonight-1°–18 km/h SBase 4°
- Today-1°3°21.8 mm56 km/h NWBase 4 / 7°
- Sun3°5°11.4 mm71 km/h NWBase 7 / 9°
- Mon3°4°14.4 mm29 km/h EBase 7 / 8°
- Tue4°7°11.4 mm51 km/h WBase 8 / 11°
- Wed5°5°5.2 mm30 km/h WBase 9 / 9°
- Thu4°6°–20 km/h SEBase 8 / 11°
- Fri4°6°33.3 mm21 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Sat3°5°22.3 mm22 km/h SEBase 7 / 9°
- Sun2°3°6.9 mm22 km/h NBase 7 / 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 Suilven
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Suilven, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Suileag
Nearest parking
Loch Druim Suardalain Parking
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| SuileagHut | 2.8 km N |
| Loch Druim Suardalain ParkingParking | 5.8 km NW |
| Parking | 5.9 km NW |
| Parking | 6.6 km NNW |
How steep is the route to Suilven?
The easiest mapped route, 10.4 km from 30 m to 731 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°9.5 km
- 15–30°0.6 km
- 30–45°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 110 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 109 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Great Sundew7
- Catsfoot4
- Bell Heather4
- Lesser butterfly-orchid4
- Bog myrtle4
- Bog asphodel4
Where Suilven sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Suilven downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 728 m at the summit; the official height is 731 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 731 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 728 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 712 m | -19 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