An Gearanach
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.
- 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
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
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.
The An Gearanach group
2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with An Gearanach as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire a' Chairn | 981 m | 125 m |
| An Garbhanach | 975 m | 25 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| An Garbhanach | 974.9 m | 0.4 km |
| Stob Coire a' Chairn | 981.3 m | 1 km |
| Na Gruagaichean NW Top | 1038.8 m | 2 km |
| Am Bodach | 1031.8 m | 2.2 km |
| Sgurr a' Mhaim | 1099 m | 2.3 km |
| Na Gruagaichean | 1054.3 m | 2.4 km |