Creag Meagaidh
Local name: Creag Mèagaidh
Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 56°57′07″ N 4°36′08″ W
- Elevation
- 1,128 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport74 km
- DND Dundee Airport111 km
About Creag Meagaidh
Creag Meagaidh is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,128 m.
Creag Meagaidh (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Mèagaidh) is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Spean in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a complex mountain, made up of a flat summit plateau, with five ridges spreading out from it, overlooking five deep corries; it is most famed for the cliffs surrounding the corrie of Coire Ardair on the north-eastern face. These crags are a renowned venue for ice climbing. Creag Meagaidh rises to 1,130 metres (3,710 ft).
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Topographic prominence
- 867 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Creag Meagaidh
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Climate of Creag Meagaidh
This month · November
A wet month
Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 248 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 11°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -5°)
- Wettest month
- January (284 mm)
- Driest month
- June (110 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° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 5° | 2° | 0° |
| Average low (°C) | -5° | -5° | -5° | -3° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 4° | 2° | 0° | -3° | -5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 284 | 183 | 216 | 115 | 115 | 110 | 119 | 142 | 204 | 237 | 248 | 258 |
How to get to Creag Meagaidh
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 74 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (121 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 113 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 74 kmnortheast
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 111 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 121 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 113 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 123 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 141 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 153 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 275 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Creag Meagaidh
Within 100 km: 52 historic and cultural sites, 5,019 natural sites, 1,194 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km419 places
- Eilean na h-Ealaidh Island 17 kmNW
- Bàn Eilean Island 22 kmN
- Eilean nan Sasunnach Island 19 kmNW
- Eilean an Tuilaich Island 11 kmSW
25–60 km1,953 places
- Eilean Aigas Island 54 kmN
- Eilean Dubh Island 54 kmW
- Eilean Molach Island 38 kmS
- Eilean nam Paite Island 59 kmW
60–100 km3,893 places
- Eigg Island 95 kmW
- Scalpay Island 91 kmNW
- Oronsay Island 87 kmW
- Eriska Island 68 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Creag Meagaidh East Top Mountain, Highland0.6 km E
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Stob Poite Coire Ardair Mountain, Highland1.7 km NE -
Puist Coire Ardair Mountain, Highland1.9 km E
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Meall Coire Choille-rais Mountain, Highland1.9 km SE
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Carn Dearg Mountain, Highland2 km NW
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Loch Roy Lake, Highland1.8 km N
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An Cearcallach Mountain, Highland2.2 km S
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Lochan a’ Choire Lake, Highland2 km NE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources