Culardoch
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
- 900 m · 2,953 ft
- Prominence
- 312 m
- Grid reference
- NO 19351 98817
- Coordinates
- 57.07335, -3.33187
- County / area
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 36 43
- OS Explorer
- OL58S 404S
- Summit feature
- trig point
- Key col
- NO139971 (588 m)
About Culardoch
Culardoch is a smooth, heathery summit in the Cairngorms, north-east of Braemar in Aberdeenshire and lying south-east of the Munro Ben Avon. From the top the view opens out widely across Aberdeenshire.
It reaches exactly 900 m, and sits within the Cairngorms National Park as a Corbett, Marilyn, HuMP and Simm.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Culardoch (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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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Computed astronomically for 57.073, -3.332. 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
The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit
- Record revised
- 15-Jan-03
- Drop measured from
- NO139971 · 588 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Creag an Dail Bheag | 863 m | 3.7 km |
| Creag an Dail Mhor | 972 m | 6.2 km |
| West Meur Gorm Craig | 1023.1 m | 6.3 km |
| Brown Cow Hill | 829 m | 6.3 km |
| East Meur Gorm Craig | 935.3 m | 6.4 km |
| Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe | 1172 m | 6.8 km |