Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Carn Eas

Height
1087.9 m · 3,569 ft
Grid reference
NO 12266 99256
Coordinates
57.07600, -3.44885
County / area
Aberdeenshire
OS Landranger
36 43
OS Explorer
OL58S 404S
Summit feature
embedded boulder 10m ENE of cairn
Key col
NJ124003 (1063 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 57.076, -3.449. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (1088 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is embedded boulder 10m ENE of cairn. 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-21
Drop measured from
NJ124003 · 1063 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 Eas
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
The Bothy BraemarRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass8.3 km · S
The Plaice To Be In BraemarTakeaway/sandwich shopPass8.3 km · S
Gordon's TearoomRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass8.3 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

Carn Eas is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe (1,172 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 1,063 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
Creag an Dail Mhor972 m1.4 km
Cnap a' Chleirich1172.6 m2.3 km
Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe1172 m2.7 km
Beinn a' Bhuird South Top1178.5 m3.1 km
Beinn a' Bhuird1196 m3.3 km
Stob an t-Sluichd1106.7 m3.6 km