Creag an Dail Mhor
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
- 972 m · 3,189 ft
- Prominence
- 64.4 m
- Grid reference
- NO 13187 98215
- Coordinates
- 57.06683, -3.43330
- County / area
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 36 43
- OS Explorer
- OL58S 404S
- Summit feature
- boulder 5m N of cairn
- Key col
- NO 1293 9852 (907.5 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, -3.433. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (972 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
boulder is as high as mid height of cairn; no higher embedded rock found in cairn.
The recorded summit point is boulder 5m N of 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
- 11-Jul-21
- Drop measured from
- NO 1293 9852 · 907.5 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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bothy Braemar | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 7 km · S |
| The Plaice To Be In Braemar | Takeaway/sandwich shop | Pass | 7 km · S |
| Gordon's Tearoom | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 7 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
Creag an Dail Mhor 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, 908 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carn Eas | 1087.9 m | 1.4 km |
| Creag an Dail Bheag | 863 m | 2.5 km |
| Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe | 1172 m | 3.6 km |
| Cnap a' Chleirich | 1172.6 m | 3.7 km |
| Beinn a' Bhuird South Top | 1178.5 m | 4 km |
| Carn na Drochaide | 818 m | 4.4 km |