Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Beinn Bhreac

MunroSimmMurdo

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Beinn Bhreac, 930 m, Aberdeenshire
Beinn Bhreac, 930 m, Aberdeenshire. Photo by Stuart Meek, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
930.3 m · 3,052 ft
Grid reference
NO 05871 97066
Coordinates
57.05507, -3.55347
County / area
Aberdeenshire
OS Landranger
36 43
OS Explorer
OL57S OL58S 403S 404S
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NO 0503 9867 (849.5 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 57.055, -3.553. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
29-Mar-23
Drop measured from
NO 0503 9867 · 849.5 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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Beinn Bhreac is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Beinn a' Chaorainn (1,083 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 850 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
Beinn Bhreac West Top 927.9 m 0.6 km
Beinn a' Bhuird South Top 1178.5 m 3.6 km
Sgurr an Lochan Uaine 982.9 m 3.9 km
Derry Cairngorm 1155.8 m 4.2 km
Beinn a' Chaorainn 1083.3 m 4.5 km
Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag 1016 m 4.6 km