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Natural site

Glen Lochay

Located in Stirling, Scotland Coordinates: 56°29′00″ N 4°26′00″ W

Glen Lochay
wfmillar · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
415 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Tullich
2.3 km NE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport68 km
DND Dundee Airport87 km

About Glen Lochay

Glen Lochay is a natural site. Location: Stirling, Scotland.

From Wikipedia

Glen Lochay (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Lòchaidh) is in Perthshire, Scotland through which the River Lochay runs eastward towards Loch Tay, joining the River Dochart at Killin. Glen Lochay is about 20 miles (32 km) long, running from a point north of Crianlarich to Loch Tay. A road runs up the glen as far as Kenknock Farm (at grid reference NN465364), but there is no vehicular access beyond this point.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Glen Lochay

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 2° · Rain 231 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
January (273 mm)
Driest month
June (105 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 Glen Lochay
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°5°8°12°14°15°15°13°9°6°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°2°4°7°9°9°7°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)273176187107117105117141196234231237

How to get to Glen Lochay

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 68 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 70 km to the south.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 68 kmsouth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 87 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 89 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 70 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 90 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 97 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 160 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 230 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Glen Lochay

Within 100 km: 163 historic and cultural sites, 4,615 natural sites, 1,208 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km400 places

  • Eilean Molach Island 24 kmNW
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 23 kmN
  • Eilean Beal na Gaoire Island 22 kmN
  • Eilean na h-Iolaire Island 24 kmNW

25–60 km1,788 places

  • Inishail Island 42 kmW
  • Inchlonaig Island 44 kmS
  • Inchcailloch Island 46 kmS
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 40 kmW

60–100 km3,798 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 85 kmS
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 89 kmS
  • Burntisland Beach Beach 88 kmSE
  • Cramond beach Beach 90 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Tullich Village, Stirling
    2.3 km NE
  • Duncroisk Village, Stirling
    2.9 km NE
  • Killin Village, Stirling
    7.4 km E
  • Auchlyne Village, Stirling
    5.6 km S
  • Ardchyle Village, Stirling
    6.4 km SE
  • Lix Village, Stirling
    7 km SE

Nearby attractions & nature

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