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Ben Cruachan

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°25′36″ N 5°07′55″ W

Ben Cruachan
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Elevation
1,126 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Bridge of Awe
3.8 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport76 km
TRE Tiree Airport107 km

About Ben Cruachan

Ben Cruachan is a mountain. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 1,126 m.

From Wikipedia

Ben Cruachan (Scottish Gaelic: Cruachan Beann) is a mountain that rises to 1,126 metres (3,694 ft), the highest in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It gives its name to the Cruachan Dam, a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in a cavern inside the mountain. It is the high point of a ring of mountains, known as the Cruachan Horseshoe, that surrounds the power station reservoir. The horseshoe includes a further Munro (Stob Daimh), a Corbett (Beinn a' Bhuiridh), and several subsidiary summits.

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At a glance

Topographic prominence
880 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Ben Cruachan

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 213 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (230 mm)
Driest month
May (96 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).

Show values as a table
Climate of Ben Cruachan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°0°1°4°8°9°11°11°8°5°2°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°0°3°5°4°3°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)2301501711059698115137185211213216

How to get to Ben Cruachan

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 76 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 83 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 76 kmsoutheast
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 107 kmwest
  • Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 109 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 83 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 131 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 133 kmeast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 202 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 210 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Ben Cruachan

Within 100 km: 100 historic and cultural sites, 4,141 natural sites, 1,387 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km516 places

  • Eriska Island 21 kmNW
  • Shuna Island Island 24 kmNW
  • Inishail Island 7 kmSE
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 7 kmSE

25–60 km2,062 places

  • Scarba Island 45 kmSW
  • Oronsay Island 55 kmNW
  • Cala Island 55 kmSW
  • Torsa Island Island 35 kmSW

60–100 km3,050 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 92 kmS
  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 75 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 78 kmSW
  • Eigg Island 82 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Bridge of Awe Village, Argyll and Bute
    3.8 km W
  • Ardanaiseig Village, Argyll and Bute
    5.9 km S
  • Lochawe Village, Argyll and Bute
    6.1 km SE
  • Achlonan Neighbourhood, Argyll and Bute
    6.3 km W
  • Brochroy Neighbourhood, Argyll and Bute
    6.4 km W
  • Taynuilt Village, Argyll and Bute
    6.6 km W

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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