Creag nan Gabhar
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
- 834 m · 2,736 ft
- Prominence
- 178 m
- Grid reference
- NO 15465 84104
- Coordinates
- 56.94052, -3.39101
- County / area
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Braemar to Montrose
- OS Landranger
- 43
- OS Explorer
- OL52N 387N
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NO164832 (656 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 56.941, -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
smaller cairn 20m N and cairn 100m to SW at NO 15364 84071 are both 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
- Record revised
- 15-Aug-12
- Drop measured from
- NO164832 · 656 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.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Carn an Tuirc | 1018.8 m | 4.1 km |
| Morrone | 859.5 m | 5.1 km |
| Carn an t-Sagairt Mor | 1047 m | 5.3 km |
| Carn Aosda | 915.3 m | 5.4 km |
| Cairn of Claise | 1063.1 m | 6.1 km |
| Carn an t-Sagairt Beag | 1044.3 m | 6.2 km |