Ben Chonzie

About Ben Chonzie

Ben Chonzie, also written Ben-y-Hone, rises eleven kilometres northwest of Crieff in the Breadalbane country and tops out at 931 metres. It is the highest ground in a wide sweep of moorland and rounded hills between Loch Earn and Loch Tay, and with a broad flat summit and few distinguishing features it is often named among Scotland's least interesting Munros.

Wildlife is part of the attraction. Mountain hares (Lepus timidus scoticus) frequent the plateau and can be spotted by quiet walkers, while buzzards and other raptors patrol the approaches and frogs and newts occupy the pools beside the vehicle track running up the eastern side of the loch.

Invergeldie, near Comrie to the southwest, is the most-used start. Glen Turret to the southeast gives a longer alternative through more varied scenery, with an array of buttresses and cliffs that can be taken on directly or passed on either side.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ben Chonzie (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 56.454, -3.992. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

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

Survey method

Abney level/Leica RX1250

Record revised

11-Jul-23

Drop measured from

NN 5609 2772 · 283.4 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.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

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).

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.

Nearest listed peaks