- Elevation
- 397 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport104 km
- TRE Tiree Airport106 km
About Creag an Taghainn
Creag an Taghainn is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 397 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (104 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Sgritheall and Beinn Mhialairigh.
Photos of Creag an Taghainn
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Beinn Sgritheall W. L. Tarbert · Public domain -
Beinn nan Caorach Dave Fergusson · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Dun Telve John Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Dun Troddan Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Dun Grugaig Otter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Creag an Taghainn
This month · November
A wet month
Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 296 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- January (301 mm)
- Driest month
- May (116 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) | 5° | 5° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | 0° | 0° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 2° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 301 | 195 | 246 | 135 | 116 | 126 | 144 | 167 | 248 | 277 | 296 | 295 |
How to get to Creag an Taghainn
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 104 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 166 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 104 kmnortheast
- Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 106 kmsouthwest
- Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 111 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 166 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 178 kmsoutheast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 200 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 213 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 285 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Creag an Taghainn
Within 100 km: 39 historic and cultural sites, 3,965 natural sites, 1,123 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km533 places
- Sandaig Islands Island 5 kmW
- Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 2 kmS
- Pabay Island 20 kmNW
- Ornsay Island 10 kmW
25–60 km1,768 places
- Isle of Skye Island 42 kmNW
- Island of Raasay Island 37 kmNW
- Eigg Island 44 kmSW
- Scalpay Island 27 kmNW
60–100 km2,826 places
- Hebrides Island 75 kmW
- The Coral Beaches Beach 73 kmNW
- Clett Island 74 kmNW
- Eriska Island 70 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Beinn Sgritheall Mountain, Highland2.2 km E -
Beinn Mhialairigh Mountain, Highland1.4 km W
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Meall na h-Oidhche Mountain, Highland1.6 km NE
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Eilean a' Chuilinn Island, Highland1.4 km S
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Creag na h-Oidhche Mountain, Highland1.9 km NE
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Meall Buidhe Mountain, Highland2 km NW
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Beinn Sgritheall NW Top Mountain, Highland2.2 km E
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Eilean Ràrsaidh Island, Highland2.1 km S
More nature in United Kingdom
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Beinn nan Caorach Mountain, Highland5.8 km E
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Creag an Fhithich Mountain, Highland2.8 km E
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Beinn a' Chapuill Mountain, Highland3.1 km NE
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Beinn Sgritheall East Top Mountain, Highland3.1 km E
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Monadh nan Lochan Mountain, Highland3.4 km NW
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Cnoc Loch Drabhaig Mountain, Highland4.1 km NW
Sources & licences
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