Lamachan Hill
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
- 716.7 m · 2,351 ft
- Prominence
- 453 m
- Grid reference
- NX 43536 76996
- Coordinates
- 55.06275, -4.45154
- County / area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Region
- Carrick and Galloway
- OS Landranger
- 77
- OS Explorer
- 319
- Summit feature
- boulder in grass
- Key col
- NX449786 (264 m)
About Lamachan Hill
Lamachan Hill is the highest of the Minnigaff Hills, a sub-range within the Galloway Hills of the Southern Uplands. It lies about 11 km north of Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Lamachan Hill (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 55.063, -4.452. 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 boulder in grass. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 11-Dec-22
- Drop measured from
- NX449786 · 264 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 | 2.1 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Get food nearby
One place 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glentrool Visitors Centre | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 4.3 km · NW |
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.
The Lamachan Hill group
2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Lamachan Hill as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Larg Hill | 676 m | 72 m |
| Curleywee | 674 m | 120 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.