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Creag Liath

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°14′23″ N 4°08′40″ W

Map showing the location of Creag Liath Creag Liath
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
353 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Badanloch
6.7 km NE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport66 km
INV Inverness Airport78 km

About Creag Liath

Creag Liath is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 353 m. The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (66 km). Nearby sights include Creag an Lochain and Cnoc an Liath-bhaid Mhoir.

Climate of Creag Liath

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 140 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (140 mm)
Driest month
May (70 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 Creag Liath
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°6°8°11°13°15°15°13°10°7°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°1°4°7°8°8°6°4°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)127901137470788496119131140127

How to get to Creag Liath

The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC), 66 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 173 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 66 kmeast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 78 kmsouth
  • Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 108 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 173 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 209 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 261 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 265 kmsouth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 395 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Creag Liath

Within 100 km: 54 historic and cultural sites, 2,114 natural sites, 615 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km246 places

  • Eilean nam Meann Island 5 kmN
  • Eilean a' Bhreac-achaidh Island 9 kmNW
  • Eilean Poll an Lòinein Island 11 kmNW
  • Eilean Ceann na Coille Island 12 kmNW

25–60 km1,066 places

  • Clett Island 55 kmNE
  • Eilean Dubh Island 60 kmW
  • Eilean nan Ron Island 37 kmN
  • Rabbit Islands Island 36 kmNW

60–100 km1,471 places

  • Hoy Island 84 kmNE
  • Flotta Island 89 kmNE
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 94 kmSE
  • Hesta Head Natural site 94 kmNE

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