Threipmuir Reservoir
- Area
- 0.54 km²
- Tonight
- 4°CClear · Wind 22 km/h W
Threipmuir Reservoir is a lake at 252 m above sea level in Scotland, United Kingdom, 0.54 km² in area and 2.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 252 m
- Length
- 2.4 km
- Shoreline
- 6.2 km
Threipmuir Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 6.2 km≈1½ h to walk around
Threipmuir Reservoir 3D map
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Threipmuir Reservoir terrain and contours
20 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.
Threipmuir Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Threipmuir Reservoir weather
Tonight · Clear · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 22 km/h W
Threipmuir Reservoir forecast for about 252 m.
- Tonight4°–22 km/h W
- Today4°9°17.4 mm48 km/h SW
- Sun6°9°–52 km/h W
- Mon6°10°8.3 mm33 km/h S
- Tue7°13°4.8 mm40 km/h S
- Wed8°11°0.3 mm28 km/h SW
- Thu7°12°–9 km/h SE
- Fri9°12°7.9 mm15 km/h S
- Sat6°11°3.3 mm18 km/h S
- Sun6°6°4.9 mm19 km/h W
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.
Camping & parking near Threipmuir Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Threipmuir Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km W
Nearest campsite
Bonaly Scout Centre
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km W |
| Parking | 1.8 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.0 km NNW |
| Bonaly Scout CentreCampsite | 5.5 km NE |
| Carsewell Guide CampCampsite | 5.9 km SE |
| Hilly Cow WigwamsCampsite | 7.4 km W |
Slope
Share of the 4.4 × 4.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.9% of the 19 km² view
- Relief in view
- 329 m low point 172 m
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 2.2 km; 598 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Chaffinch33
- Round-leaved sundew28
- Mallard25
- Little Grebe24
- European Robin23
- Candy Flower23
Where Threipmuir Reservoir sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-19)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)