- Elevation
- 488 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport93 km
- GLA Glasgow Airport100 km
About Loch Ossian
Loch Ossian is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 488 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (93 km). Nearby sights include Meall na Lice and Beinn na Lap.
Climate of Loch Ossian
This month · November
A wet month
Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 249 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -1°)
- Wettest month
- January (287 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) | 4° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -1° | -1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 8° | 7° | 4° | 1° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 287 | 185 | 212 | 115 | 116 | 110 | 122 | 145 | 205 | 241 | 249 | 258 |
How to get to Loch Ossian
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 93 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (100 km). The nearest large city is Glasgow, 103 km to the south.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 93 kmnorth
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 100 kmsouth
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 105 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 103 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 107 kmeast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 127 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 160 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 255 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Loch Ossian
Within 100 km: 79 historic and cultural sites, 5,008 natural sites, 1,260 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km382 places
- Eilean Molach Island 18 kmS
- Eilean an Tuilaich Island 15 kmNW
- Eilean na Fead Island 19 kmNW
- Eilean an Righ Island 23 kmNE
25–60 km2,020 places
- Eriska Island 54 kmSW
- Shuna Island Island 50 kmW
- Inishail Island 52 kmSW
- Fraoch Eilean Island 50 kmSW
60–100 km3,945 places
- Eigg Island 95 kmW
- Scarba Island 93 kmSW
- Oronsay Island 80 kmW
- Moy Island Island 88 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Corrour Village, Highland3.7 km W
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Corrour Shooting Lodge Village, Highland3.4 km NE
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Lochtreighead Village, Highland6.4 km W
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Rannoch Village, Perth and Kinross9.7 km S
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Luibeilt Village, Highland13 km W
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Kinlochleven Village, Highland22 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Meall na Lice Mountain, Highland1.1 km W
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Beinn na Lap Mountain, Highland3 km NW -
Carn Dearg Mountain, Highland2.7 km E
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Loch na Sgeallaig Lake, Highland2.8 km SW
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Meall nam Fiadh Mountain, Perth and Kinross3.4 km SE
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Sgor Gaibhre Mountain, Perth and Kinross5.3 km E -
Creag na h-Iolaire Mountain, Highland4.1 km SE
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Strath Ossian Natural site, Highland4.8 km NE
Sources & licences
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