- Elevation
- 843 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport41 km
- GLA Glasgow Airport82 km
About Merrick
Merrick is a mountain. Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Elevation: 843 m.
The Merrick (from Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Mheurach) is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The summit elevation is 843 metres (2,766 feet), making it the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and southern Scotland.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Topographic prominence
- 705 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Merrick
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Shalloch on Minnoch Mary and Angus Hogg · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Rhinns of Kells Scothill · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Merrick
This month · November
A wet month
Day 4° · Night -2° · Rain 200 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 13°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- January (202 mm)
- Driest month
- June (98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 1° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | -3° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 6° | 4° | 2° | -2° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 202 | 135 | 158 | 103 | 103 | 98 | 100 | 130 | 169 | 199 | 200 | 196 |
How to get to Merrick
The nearest airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK), 41 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 82 km to the north.
Airports
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 41 kmnorth
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 82 kmnorth
- Campbeltown Airport (CAL) Campbeltown 84 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 82 kmnorth
- Belfast Population: 348K 111 kmsouthwest
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 121 kmnortheast
- Blackpool Population: 145K 174 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 175 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Merrick
Within 100 km: 203 historic and cultural sites, 2,207 natural sites, 614 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km339 places
- Isle-na-Gower Island 20 kmSW
- Isles of Trool Island 7 kmSW
- Holly Island Island 20 kmSE
- Marion's Isles Island 19 kmSE
25–60 km990 places
- Ayr Beach Beach 38 kmN
- Troon Beach Beach 46 kmN
- Pladda Island 52 kmNW
- Murrays Isles Island 39 kmSE
60–100 km1,695 places
- Isle of Arran Island 71 kmNW
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 76 kmN
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 91 kmSE
- Powillimount Beach Beach 63 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Rowantree Village, South Ayrshire7.9 km NW
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Glentrool Village Village, Dumfries and Galloway9.8 km SW
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Newton Stewart Village, Dumfries and Galloway20 km S
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Bargrennan Village, Dumfries and Galloway12 km SW
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Craigmalloch Village, East Ayrshire11 km NE
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Bellsbank Village, East Ayrshire20 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Kirriereoch Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.6 km NW
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Benyellary Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2.1 km SW
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Craig Neldricken Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2.2 km SE
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Craignairny Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2.7 km E
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Mullwharchar Mountain, East Ayrshire2.9 km NE
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Meaul Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway3 km S
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Dungeon Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway3.3 km E
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Loch Enoch Lake, Scotland2.3 km E
Sources & licences
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