Creag an Dail Bheag
3 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 863 m · 2,831 ft
- Prominence
- 211 m
- Grid reference
- NO 15734 98150
- Coordinates
- 57.06672, -3.39129
- County / area
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 36 43
- OS Explorer
- OL58S 404S
- Summit feature
- rock by small cairn
- Key col
- NO179980 (652 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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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 57.067, -3.391. 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
large cairn 275m SE at NO 15900 97925 is lower.
The recorded summit point is rock by small 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
- 20-Sep-15
- Drop measured from
- NO179980 · 652 m
Classification history: Summit measured as 863.0m. Full Marilyn status conferred October 2013 after survey found hill 595 to be lower; replaced 595 as Corbett in 2015.
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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bothy Braemar | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 6.7 km · S |
| The Plaice To Be In Braemar | Takeaway/sandwich shop | Pass | 6.7 km · S |
| Gordon's Tearoom | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 6.8 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.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Creag an Dail Mhor | 972 m | 2.5 km |
| Carn Eas | 1087.9 m | 3.6 km |
| Culardoch | 900 m | 3.7 km |
| Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe | 1172 m | 4.5 km |
| Carn na Drochaide | 818 m | 5.2 km |
| West Meur Gorm Craig | 1023.1 m | 5.5 km |