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The Cobbler
- Easiest route
- 3.7 km+785 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 258 m846 ft
- Isolation
- 1.3 km
- Tonight
- -2°CCloudy · Wind 8 km/h W
The Cobbler is an 884 m (2,900 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 884 m · 2,900 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Beinn Narnain (927 m)
- Range
- Grampian Mountains
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.2132° N, 4.8081° W
How to get to the top of The Cobbler
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 ESE of The Cobbler
- Distance
- 3.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +785 m−18 m (2,575 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 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.
The Cobbler 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 km
The Cobbler 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
The Cobbler weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · Wind 8 km/h W
The Cobbler forecast for the summit, about 884 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 105 m.
- Tonight-2°–8 km/h WBase 3°
- Today0°4°41.6 mm37 km/h SWBase 5 / 9°
- Sun1°3°5.2 mm41 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
- Mon2°2°28.5 mm23 km/h SBase 6 / 7°
- Tue2°6°15.6 mm32 km/h SWBase 6 / 11°
- Wed3°5°1.4 mm16 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
- Thu5°5°1.1 mm17 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Fri4°5°10.5 mm17 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Sat1°5°7.7 mm15 km/h EBase 5 / 9°
- Sun1°2°3.1 mm17 km/h NWBase 6 / 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 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near The Cobbler
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around The Cobbler, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.6 km S
Nearest caravan site
Honeymoon Bridge
Nearest campsite
MacTavish Campsite
Nearest hut
Abyssinia
All mapped places 11
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.6 km S |
| Honeymoon BridgeCaravan site | 1.6 km S |
| Parking | 1.7 km W |
| Parking | 1.8 km W |
| Stay the Night ArdgartanCaravan site | 2.3 km SSE |
| MacTavish CampsiteCampsite | 4.1 km E |
| Coilessan camping permit area March-SeptemberCampsite | 4.3 km SSE |
| AbyssiniaHut | 5.9 km N |
| Tarbet isle camping permit area March-SeptemberCampsite | 6.7 km E |
| Caravan site | 6.9 km ENE |
| RowchoishHut | 7.8 km E |
How steep is the route to The Cobbler?
The easiest mapped route, 3.7 km from 105 m to 884 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°2.5 km
- 15–30°1.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 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 The Cobbler summit.
Summit list 5
- 1An t-Sron614 m 1.1 km SE
- 2Beinn Narnain927 m 1.5 km NE
- 3Beinn Luibhean858 m 2.7 km NW
- 4Beinn Ìme1,011 m 2.7 km NNW
- 5Cruach Fhiarach643 m 2.9 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 132 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common bilberry9
- Bog asphodel8
- Common Butterwort6
- Wood anemone6
- Common bracken5
- Bell Heather5
Where The Cobbler sits
- Range
- Grampian Mountains22
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Beinn NarnainPeak · 927 m↑1.5 km NE
Glen Croe↑1.6 km SSW
Ben VanePeak · 916 m↑4.4 km NNE
Ben VorlichPeak · 943 m↑7.5 km NNE
Hell's Glen↑8.5 km W
More 1
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
The Cobbler downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 874 m at the summit; the official height is 884 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 884 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 874 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 867 m | -17 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