Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Creag an Dail Bheag

CorbettMarilynHuMPSimm

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
Grid reference
NO 15734 98150
Coordinates
57.06672, -3.39129
County / area
Aberdeenshire
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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Daylight
Civil twilight ends

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

Surveyor's note

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.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
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