Beinn Bheoil
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
- 1019 m · 3,343 ft
- Prominence
- 186 m
- Grid reference
- NN 51718 71712
- Coordinates
- 56.81327, -4.43066
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 42
- OS Explorer
- OL50 385E 393
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NN506702 (833 m)
About Beinn Bheoil
Beinn Bheoil takes the form of a ridge above the western shore of Loch Ericht, in the Grampian Mountains of Highland. At 1,019 metres it is a Munro, and it is normally climbed together with its neighbour Ben Alder. Dalwhinnie, to the north-east, is the closest village.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Beinn Bheoil (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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 56.813, -4.431. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (1019 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
rock 10m SW of cairn is 20cm higher than cairn base but cairn may hide higher ground.
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
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 15-Aug-12
- Drop measured from
- NN506702 · 833 m
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 Beinn Bheoil group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Beinn Bheoil as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Sron Coire na h-Iolaire | 956 m | 71 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sron Coire na h-Iolaire | 956 m | 1.3 km |
| Ben Alder | 1148 m | 2.1 km |
| Stob an Aonaich Mhoir | 855.6 m | 3.1 km |
| Sgor Iutharn | 1028 m | 3.8 km |
| Carn Dearg | 1034 m | 4.9 km |
| Diollaid a' Chairn | 925 m | 5 km |