King's Seat Hill
2 classifications here — HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 648 m · 2,126 ft
- Prominence
- 135 m
- Grid reference
- NS 93387 99986
- Coordinates
- 56.18059, -3.71910
- County / area
- Clackmannanshire
- OS Landranger
- 58
- OS Explorer
- 366E
- Summit feature
- tiny cairn c20m E of larger cairn
- Key col
- NN928004 (513 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 56.181, -3.719. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (648 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
larger cairn is at NS 93365 99990; ground 5-15m E and NE possibly as high.
The recorded summit point is tiny cairn c20m E of larger 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
- 22-Dec-07
- Drop measured from
- NN928004 · 513 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.
Get food nearby
3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Bowling Club | Pub/bar/nightclub | Pass | 3.1 km · SE |
| Flat Out | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 3.2 km · S |
| Woolpack Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | Pass | 3.2 km · SW |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.
Which hill this one belongs to
King's Seat Hill is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Ben Cleuch (721 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 513 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tarmangie Hill | 645 m | 1.6 km |
| Ben Cleuch | 721 m | 3.2 km |
| Innerdownie | 610 m | 4.5 km |
| Blairdenon Hill | 631.9 m | 7.1 km |
| Innerdouny Hill | 497 m | 12.2 km |
| Beinn nan Eun | 631 m | 24.7 km |