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Loch Scalabsdale

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°12′00″ N 3°46′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Scalabsdale Loch Scalabsdale
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
416 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Gobernuisgeach
5.9 km N
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport49 km
INV Inverness Airport75 km

About Loch Scalabsdale

Loch Scalabsdale is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 416 m. The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (49 km). Nearby sights include Suidh' an Fhir-bhig and Creag nan Gearr.

Climate of Loch Scalabsdale

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 133 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (133 mm)
Driest month
May (68 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 Loch Scalabsdale
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°6°8°11°13°15°15°12°10°6°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°1°4°6°8°8°6°4°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)124891117368747990113126133122

How to get to Loch Scalabsdale

The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC), 49 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 154 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 49 kmnortheast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 75 kmsouth
  • Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 98 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 154 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 199 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 253 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 262 kmsouth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 383 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Scalabsdale

Within 100 km: 61 historic and cultural sites, 2,051 natural sites, 586 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km176 places

  • Eilean nam Meann Island 24 kmNW
  • Rubha Mòr Island 22 kmNW
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 22 kmSW
  • Loch an Tubairnaich Lake 18 kmSW

25–60 km645 places

  • Clett Island 49 kmN
  • Eilean nan Ron Island 52 kmNW
  • Rabbit Islands Island 52 kmNW
  • Neave Island Island 50 kmNW

60–100 km1,877 places

  • Hoy Island 77 kmN
  • Flotta Island 80 kmNE
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 78 kmSE
  • Hesta Head Natural site 82 kmNE

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