Scotland

Beinn nan Eachan

Munro TopSimmMurdo

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

Height
1000.1 m · 3,281 ft
Grid reference
NN 57025 38365
Coordinates
56.51559, -4.32529
County / area
Stirling
OS Landranger
51
OS Explorer
OL48E 378E
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NN 5754 3840 (909.6 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 56.516, -4.325. 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

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

Survey method
obvious summit/Leica RX1250
Record revised
13-Dec-17
Drop measured from
NN 5754 3840 · 909.6 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.

Get food nearby

3 places 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 Beinn nan Eachan
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Cruachan Coffee ShopRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass4.8 km · SE
KulaRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass5.3 km · S
The Secret PizzaTakeaway/sandwich shopPass5.4 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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Beinn nan Eachan is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Meall nan Tarmachan (1,044 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 910 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
Meall Garbh1026.7 m0.8 km
Meall nan Tarmachan1043.6 m1.6 km
Meall nan Tarmachan South Top921.6 m1.9 km
Beinn nan Oighreag909.6 m4 km
Meall Corranaich1067.2 m5.2 km
Meall nam Maigheach778.9 m5.5 km