Scotland

Garbh Chioch Bheag

Height
968.3 m · 3,177 ft
Grid reference
NM 91808 95897
Coordinates
57.00720, -5.43022
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
33 40
OS Explorer
398E
Summit feature
outcrop
Key col
NM 9138 9612 (940.2 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 57.007, -5.430. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

small pile of stones 50m WSW at NM 91763 95877 is about 20cm lower.

The recorded summit point is outcrop. 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
31-Aug-19
Drop measured from
NM 9138 9612 · 940.2 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

Garbh Chioch Bheag is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Garbh Chioch Mhor (1,013 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 940 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

PeakHeightDistance
Garbh Chioch Mhor 1012.9 m 0.9 km
Sgurr nan Coireachan 953.8 m 1.5 km
Sgurr na Ciche 1040.2 m 1.8 km
Beinn an Aodainn 887 m 3.3 km
Sgurr Cos na Breachd-laoidh 835 m 3.3 km
Bidein a' Chabair 867.5 m 4.1 km