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Mountain

Beinn Dorain

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°30′10″ N 4°43′20″ W

Beinn Dorain
Michael Schulze · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,076 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Bridge of Orchy
3.1 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport73 km
EDI Edinburgh Airport104 km

About Beinn Dorain

Beinn Dorain is a mountain. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 1,076 m.

From Wikipedia

Beinn Dorain (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Dobhrain, 'hill of the otter'), is a mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands. It overlooks Bridge of Orchy in Argyll. It is a Munro with a height of 1,076 metres (3,530 ft). The mountain is the subject of Duncan Ban MacIntyre's best known Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dòbhrainn (English: "In Praise of Ben Doran"); MacIntyre had spent his youth and had worked as a gamekeeper in these parts.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
323 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Beinn Dorain

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 238 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (271 mm)
Driest month
June (105 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 Beinn Dorain
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°0°1°4°8°10°11°11°9°5°2°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°0°3°5°4°3°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)271175197111110105120143201233238247

How to get to Beinn Dorain

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 73 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 77 km to the south.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 73 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 104 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 105 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 77 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 108 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 113 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 175 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 225 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Beinn Dorain

Within 100 km: 125 historic and cultural sites, 4,644 natural sites, 1,287 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km399 places

  • Fraoch Eilean Island 24 kmSW
  • Eilean Molach Island 13 kmN
  • Eilean na Feusaige Island 20 kmSW
  • Eilean na h-Iolaire Island 13 kmN

25–60 km1,982 places

  • Eriska Island 43 kmW
  • Shuna Island Island 42 kmW
  • Lismore Island Island 51 kmW
  • Kerrera Island 54 kmW

60–100 km3,675 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 83 kmS
  • Eigg Island 99 kmNW
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 87 kmS
  • Scarba Island 71 kmSW

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