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Blackwater Reservoir

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 56°41′00″ N 4°46′00″ W

Map showing the location of Blackwater Reservoir Blackwater Reservoir
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
448 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Kinlochleven
13 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport93 km
INV Inverness Airport105 km

About Blackwater Reservoir

Blackwater Reservoir is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 448 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (93 km). Nearby sights include Meall nan Ruadhag and Meall a' Phuill.

Climate of Blackwater Reservoir

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 261 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
January (296 mm)
Driest month
June (113 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 Blackwater Reservoir
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°5°8°12°14°16°15°13°9°6°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°1°4°7°9°9°7°4°1°0°
Precipitation (mm)296191223118115113127151215251261272

How to get to Blackwater Reservoir

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 93 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 96 km to the south.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 93 kmsouth
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 105 kmnortheast
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 110 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 96 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 113 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 127 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 170 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 243 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Blackwater Reservoir

Within 100 km: 100 historic and cultural sites, 4,937 natural sites, 1,294 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km409 places

  • Eilean Molach Island 8 kmS
  • Eilean an Tuilaich Island 23 kmN
  • Eilean na Fead Island 24 kmN
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 22 kmE

25–60 km2,065 places

  • Eriska Island 43 kmSW
  • Shuna Island Island 40 kmW
  • Lismore Island Island 53 kmSW
  • Kerrera Island 59 kmSW

60–100 km3,857 places

  • Eigg Island 89 kmW
  • Scarba Island 81 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 100 kmNW
  • Oronsay Island 71 kmW

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