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Mountain

An Creachan

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°20′13″ N 5°27′47″ W

Map showing the location of An Creachan An Creachan
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
357 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Knipoch
2 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport82 km
ILY Islay Airport88 km

About An Creachan

An Creachan is a mountain. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 357 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (82 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Tarsuinn and Cnoc Glen Gallain.

Climate of An Creachan

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 196 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
January (208 mm)
Driest month
May (81 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of An Creachan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°7°9°13°14°16°16°13°10°8°5°
Average low (°C)1°1°1°3°6°8°10°9°8°5°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)208131155948187107129174193196198

How to get to An Creachan

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 82 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 92 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 82 kmsoutheast
  • Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 88 kmsouthwest
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 89 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 92 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 147 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 154 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 196 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 225 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from An Creachan

Within 100 km: 89 historic and cultural sites, 3,582 natural sites, 1,367 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km664 places

  • Scarba Island 23 kmSW
  • Eriska Island 22 kmN
  • Torsa Island Island 13 kmSW
  • Shuna Island 16 kmSW

25–60 km1,846 places

  • Colonsay Island 56 kmSW
  • Kiloran Beach Beach 52 kmSW
  • Oronsay Island 46 kmNW
  • Cala Island 37 kmS

60–100 km2,528 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 83 kmS
  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 72 kmSE
  • Eigg Island 76 kmNW
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 77 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Knipoch Village, Argyll and Bute
    2 km NW
  • Oban Town, Argyll and Bute
    8.8 km N
  • Ardentallen Village, Argyll and Bute
    3.5 km NW
  • Kilninver Village, Argyll and Bute
    3.7 km W
  • Kilmore Village, Argyll and Bute
    4.3 km N
  • Lerags Village, Argyll and Bute
    4.7 km NW

Nearby attractions & nature

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