Ben Donich

About Ben Donich

Ben Donich, or Beinn Dòmhnaich, is the highest mountain on the Ardgoil peninsula, part of the Arrochar Alps near Loch Goil in Argyll and Bute. With The Brack it makes up the Ardgoil pair. Lochgoilhead is the nearest village.

In shape it is essentially a square pyramid, the summit sitting at the meeting point of four ridges. One runs north-west into Gleann Mòr; another drops south into the wooded glen of the Donich Water. The south-east ridge, which links the hill to The Brack over Bealach Dubh-lic at 384 metres where a footpath crosses from Glen Croe to Lochgoilhead, is the most used of the four. Forestry plantation covers much of the lower ground on all sides.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ben Donich (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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Computed astronomically for 56.198, -4.873. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

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

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

28-Oct-01

Drop measured from

NN226066 · 289 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

2 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