Scotland

An Gearanach

MunroMarilynHuMPSimmMurdo

4 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

An Gearanach, 982 m, Highland
An Gearanach, 982 m, Highland. Photo by Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
981.5 m · 3,220 ft
Prominence
151.7 m
Grid reference
NN 18774 66983
Coordinates
56.75917, -4.96623
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
41
OS Explorer
392
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NN 1782 6547 (829.8 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 56.759, -4.966. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (982 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

0.2m higher than 313 Stob Coire a' Chairn.

The recorded summit point is cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
10-Aug-19
Drop measured from
NN 1782 6547 · 829.8 m

Classification history: de-twinned with hill 313 Stob Coire a' Chairn after 2nd survey in July 2019.

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

One place to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of An Gearanach
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Rice and ChipsRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenImprovement required4.9 km · S

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

The An Gearanach group

2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with An Gearanach as the independent hill at its head.

Listed summits in the An Gearanach prominence group
SummitHeightDrop
Stob Coire a' Chairn981 m125 m
An Garbhanach975 m25 m

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
An Garbhanach974.9 m0.4 km
Stob Coire a' Chairn981.3 m1 km
Na Gruagaichean NW Top1038.8 m2 km
Am Bodach1031.8 m2.2 km
Sgurr a' Mhaim1099 m2.3 km
Na Gruagaichean1054.3 m2.4 km