Mountain

Carnethy Hill

Located in Midlothian, Scotland Coordinates: 55°50′38″ N 3°16′22″ W

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Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 573 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Penicuik; 3.3 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00

About Carnethy Hill

Carnethy Hill is a mountain. Location: Midlothian, Scotland. Elevation: 573 m.

From Wikipedia

Carnethy Hill, the second highest of the Pentland Hills, is a hill 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Penicuik, Scotland. It lends its name to the Carnethy 5 hill race held annually since 1971, and the Carnethy Hill Running Club. Loganlea Reservoir lies on the northwest flank of the hill.

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In comparison

No. 3560 of 18223 mountains in United Kingdom by elevation
61 sights and natural places within 10 km Loganlea Reservoir, Turnhouse Hill

Nearest towns and villages

Penicuik Town, Midlothian
3.3 km SE
Silverburn Village, Midlothian
1.7 km S
Balerno Town, Edinburgh
6.1 km NW
Currie Town, Edinburgh
6.2 km N
Cornbank Neighbourhood, Midlothian
2.4 km SE
Loanstone Village, Midlothian
4.8 km E

Carnethy Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Turnhouse Hill Mountain, Midlothian
1.1 km NE
Gask Hill Mountain, Midlothian
1.3 km NW
White Cleugh Natural site, Scotland
1.7 km N
Scald Law Mountain, Midlothian
1.5 km SW
Loganlea Reservoir Lake, Scotland
1 km NW
Logan Burn River, Scotland
1.1 km N
South Black Hill Mountain, Midlothian
1.9 km SW
Black Hill Mountain, Midlothian
2 km NW

Carnethy Hill

Sources & licences

Wikidata, CC0-1.0 Wikidata (CC0)
GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 5, 2026 · 2 independent sources