Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Little Pap

Height
956 m · 3,136 ft
Grid reference
NO 26465 84429
Coordinates
56.94532, -3.21036
County / area
Aberdeenshire
OS Landranger
44
OS Explorer
OL53N 388N
Summit feature
rock 50m W of cairn
Key col
NO263845 (934 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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Computed astronomically for 56.945, -3.210. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (956 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rock 50m W of cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
08-Jun-09
Drop measured from
NO263845 · 934 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

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Little Pap
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Balmoral Estate Coffee Shop & RestaurantRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass9.9 km · N

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

Little Pap is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag (1,156 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 934 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
Cuidhe Crom1083.2 m0.7 km
Meikle Pap980 m1.7 km
Creag a' Ghlas-uillt1066.9 m2.3 km
Conachcraig862.5 m2.6 km
Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag1155.7 m2.7 km
Eagles Rock1049.2 m2.8 km