Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Carn Dearg SE Top

Height
923.7 m · 3,031 ft
Grid reference
NH 63774 01753
Coordinates
57.08662, -4.24954
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
35
OS Explorer
OL56 402
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NH 6362 0205 (906.1 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 57.087, -4.250. 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
Leica RX1250
Record revised
24-Dec-20
Drop measured from
NH 6362 0205 · 906.1 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 Carn Dearg SE Top
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Laggan Coffee Bothy & GalleryRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass7.7 km · S
The Wild FlourRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass8.1 km · E
Glen HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest housePass and Eat Safe8.1 km · E

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

Carn Dearg SE Top is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Carn Dearg (946 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 906 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
Carn Dearg945.7 m0.7 km
Carn Ban942.3 m1.5 km
Carn Ballach (SW Top)919.8 m2.8 km
Creag Liath743.5 m2.8 km
A' Chailleach929.3 m5 km
Creag Dhubh752.9 m6 km