Lochcraig Head
Located in The Scottish Borders, Scotland Coordinates: 55°26′47″ N 3°19′08″ W
- Elevation
- 801 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport56 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport80 km
About Lochcraig Head
Lochcraig Head is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 801 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include Firthybrig Head and Mid Craig.
Photos of Lochcraig Head
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Hart Fell Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Broad Law Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Lochcraig Head
This month · November
A wet month
Day 4° · Night -2° · Rain 174 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- January (189 mm)
- Driest month
- May (93 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 |
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| Average high (°C) | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | -3° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 6° | 4° | 1° | -2° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 189 | 138 | 153 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 103 | 121 | 144 | 176 | 174 | 189 |
How to get to Lochcraig Head
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 56 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 57 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 56 kmnorth
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 80 kmwest
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 85 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 57 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 75 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 116 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 121 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 137 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Lochcraig Head
Within 100 km: 589 historic and cultural sites, 2,809 natural sites, 743 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km503 places
- Talla Reservoir Lake 7 kmNW
- Loch Skeen Lake 1 kmS
- Shaws Upper Loch Lake 22 kmE
- Shaws Under Loch Lake 23 kmE
25–60 km1,296 places
- Cramond beach Beach 59 kmN
- Portobello Beach Beach 58 kmN
- Kirkland Scar Island 56 kmS
- Wooden Anna Island 59 kmE
60–100 km2,342 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 64 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 84 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 85 kmW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 69 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Birkhill Village, Dumfries and Galloway3.9 km SE
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Chapelhope Village, The Scottish Borders6.5 km E
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Tibbie Shiels Village, The Scottish Borders8.2 km NE
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Cappercleuch Village, The Scottish Borders8.7 km NE
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Moffat Village, Dumfries and Galloway15 km SW -
Tweedsmuir Village, The Scottish Borders9.7 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Firthybrig Head Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.1 km SW
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Mid Craig Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway1.3 km S
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Nickies Knowe Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.4 km N
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Molls Cleuch Dod Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.6 km W
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Loch Skeen Lake, Scotland1.5 km S
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Watch Knowe Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway2.4 km SE
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Crumley Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.5 km NE
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Great Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.5 km SW
More nature in United Kingdom
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Broad Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders6.1 km N
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White Coomb Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.7 km S
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Carlavin Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.7 km NW
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Muckle Knees Mountain, The Scottish Borders3 km NE
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Craigdilly Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.5 km NE
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Wylies Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.8 km N
Sources & licences
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