Cairn Lochan
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
- 1214 m · 3,983 ft
- Prominence
- 91 m
- Grid reference
- NH 98511 02549
- Coordinates
- 57.10274, -3.67698
- County / area
- Highland/Moray
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 36
- OS Explorer
- OL57S 403S
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NH982010 (1123 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 57.103, -3.677. 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
indistinguishable in height, by Abney, from cairn 90m NE at NH 98579 02606.
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/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 23-Nov-22
- Drop measured from
- NH982010 · 1123 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
Cairn Lochan is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Ben Macdui (1,309 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 1,123 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire an t-Sneachda | 1176 m | 1.2 km |
| Creag an Leth-choin | 1052.6 m | 1.8 km |
| Carn Etchachan | 1120 m | 2.4 km |
| Cairn Gorm | 1244.8 m | 2.5 km |
| Sron na Lairige | 1184 m | 2.8 km |
| Stacan Dubha | 1014 m | 2.9 km |