Tom na Gruagaich · 922 m · 37 km ENE

Mountain · Trotternish · Scotland

The Storr

719 m2,359 ft

Prominence: 670 m2,199 ft
Isolation: 24 km
Tonight: -1°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h S

The Storr is a 719 m (2,359 ft) mountain in the Trotternish, Scotland, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 719 m · 2,359 ft
Nearest higher peak: Glamaig (775 m)
Range: Trotternish
Region: Scotland, United Kingdom
Spanish name: El Storr
Coordinates: 57.5071° N, 6.1831° W

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3D map

The Storr 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 × 6.6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

The Storr terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

The Storr elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

The Storr weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 22 km/h S

The Storr forecast for the summit, about 719 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Tonight-1°–22 km/h SBase 3°
Today2°4°29.5 mm63 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
Sun1°6°1.4 mm66 km/h WBase 6 / 10°
Mon1°4°24.6 mm30 km/h SBase 5 / 9°
Tue4°6°6.8 mm45 km/h SWBase 8 / 10°
Wed3°7°0.7 mm24 km/h WBase 8 / 11°
Thu5°8°0.6 mm25 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
Fri6°7°12.9 mm22 km/h SBase 11 / 11°
Sat2°6°7.1 mm15 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
Sun3°4°4.4 mm20 km/h NBase 7 / 8°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6.6 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 71% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

70.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.4%

Steep, 30–45°

5.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.6%

Steeper than 30°: 6.7% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 716 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 80.9%Water 15.3%Trees 3.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the The Storr summit.

Summit list 3

1Old Man of Storr137 m 0.5 km E
2Hartaval669 m 2.0 km WNW
3Sròn Dubh563 m 2.2 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 209 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Lady's-mantle40
Fireweed37
Marsh Thistle33
Common heather32
European Rabbit28
Purple foxglove27

Where it sits

Where The Storr sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Loch MareeLake · 6 m48 km ENE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGThe Storr satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 716 m at the summit; the official height is 719 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	719 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	716 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	711 m	-8 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