- Height
- 943.7 m · 3,096 ft
- Prominence
- 24 m
- Grid reference
- NO 14942 74163
- Coordinates
- 56.85115, -3.39626
- County / area
- Angus/Perth and Kinross
- Region
- Braemar to Montrose
- OS Landranger
- 43
- OS Explorer
- OL52N 387N
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NO 1506 7416 (919.7 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
- Sunrise
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 56.851, -3.396. 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
cairn is 5cm higher than outcrop 20m W at NO 14921 74164; ground 15m SW over wall at NO 14944 74151 is 0.5m lower.
The recorded summit point is 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
- 22-Aug-15
- Drop measured from
- NO 1506 7416 · 919.7 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.
Which hill this one belongs to
Creag Leacach SW Top is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Glas Maol (1,068 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 920 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Creag Leacach | 988.2 m | 0.6 km |
| Glas Maol | 1067.7 m | 3 km |
| Little Glas Maol | 972 m | 3.2 km |
| Meall Odhar | 922 m | 3.2 km |
| The Cairnwell | 933 m | 3.5 km |
| Monamenach | 807 m | 4.4 km |