- Elevation
- 636 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport68 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport81 km
About Croft Head
Croft Head is a mountain. Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Elevation: 636 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Loch Fell and West Knowe.
Photos of Croft Head
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Loch Fell Iangpark · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Ettrick Pen Iangpark · CC BY-SA 4.0
Climate of Croft Head
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 172 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- January (183 mm)
- Driest month
- May (90 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 3° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | -1° | 0° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 5° | 3° | 0° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 183 | 133 | 148 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 98 | 117 | 144 | 174 | 172 | 182 |
How to get to Croft Head
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 68 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 69 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 68 kmnorth
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 81 kmwest
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 91 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 69 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 83 kmnorthwest
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 117 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 128 kmnorth
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 134 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Croft Head
Within 100 km: 614 historic and cultural sites, 3,017 natural sites, 757 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km461 places
- Townfoot Loch Lake 24 kmSW
- Talla Reservoir Lake 17 kmN
- Loch Skeen Lake 11 kmN
- Saint Marys Loch Lake 19 kmNE
25–60 km1,374 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 52 kmS
- Green Island Island 59 kmSW
- Kirkland Scar Island 44 kmS
- Little Corby Island Island 58 kmSE
60–100 km2,553 places
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 96 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 84 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 87 kmW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 81 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Moffat Village, Dumfries and Galloway6.6 km W
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Roundstonefoot Village, Dumfries and Galloway3.1 km NW
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Beattock Village, Dumfries and Galloway8.1 km SW
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Davington Village, Dumfries and Galloway9.6 km SE
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Stanshielrig Village, Dumfries and Galloway9.8 km SW
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Birkhill Village, Dumfries and Galloway11 km NE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Loch Fell Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2 km SE
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West Knowe Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.1 km E
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Broken Back Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.2 km N
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Capel Fell Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.7 km NE
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Sailfoot Law Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.8 km N
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Smidhope Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.5 km NE
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Wind Fell Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.6 km E
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Lamblair Knowe Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2.9 km E
More nature in United Kingdom
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Ettrick Pen Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway5.1 km NE
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Scaw'd Fell Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2.9 km S
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Yadburgh Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway3.1 km SW
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Big Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway3.3 km SW
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Ewelairs Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway3.3 km S
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Priestgill Head Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway4.2 km S
Sources & licences
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