Green Lowther
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
- 732 m · 2,402 ft
- Prominence
- 424 m
- Grid reference
- NS 90037 12026
- Coordinates
- 55.38986, -3.73751
- County / area
- South Lanarkshire
- OS Landranger
- 71 78
- OS Explorer
- 329
- Summit feature
- trig point
- Key col
- NS994154 (308 m)
About Green Lowther
Green Lowther is the highest point of the Lowther Hills in the Southern Uplands, lying in Lanarkshire east of Sanquhar. A telecommunications mast and transmitter station occupy the summit, where a microwave array once stood.
The private service road that climbs neighbouring Lowther Hill carries on over Green Trough to the top here. It is the second highest paved road in Britain after Great Dun Fell in the Pennines, and the highest road of any sort in Scotland.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Green Lowther (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 55.390, -3.738. 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
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 28-Oct-01
- Drop measured from
- NS994154 · 308 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.
Long-distance paths past this hill
One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Upland Way | 348 km | 1.6 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
The Green Lowther group
4 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Green Lowther as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Lowther Hill | 725 m | 37 m |
| Dun Law | 677 m | 105 m |
| East Mount Lowther | 631 m | 76 m |
| Lousie Wood Law | 619 m | 123 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowther Hill | 725 m | 1.6 km |
| Dun Law | 677 m | 2.3 km |
| East Mount Lowther | 631 m | 3 km |
| Lousie Wood Law | 619 m | 4.5 km |
| Well Hill | 606 m | 5.7 km |
| Comb Law | 645 m | 6.4 km |