Meall Dubhag
2 classifications here — Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 997.4 m · 3,272 ft
- Prominence
- 33.3 m
- Grid reference
- NN 88043 95543
- Coordinates
- 57.03741, -3.84655
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 35 36 43
- OS Explorer
- OL57S 403S
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NN 8889 9594 (964.1 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 57.037, -3.847. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (997 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 12-Dec-22
- Drop measured from
- NN 8889 9594 · 964.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenfeshie Lodge | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Awaiting inspection | 4.4 km · SW |
| Cairngorm Gliding Club | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 8.8 km · N |
| CGC Blackmill Airstrip | Pub/bar/nightclub | Awaiting inspection | 8.8 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
Meall Dubhag is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Sgor Gaoith (1,116 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 964 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carn Ban Mor | 1050.5 m | 2.1 km |
| Mullach Clach a' Bhlair | 1019 m | 2.9 km |
| Sgor Gaoith | 1116 m | 4.1 km |
| Tom Dubh | 919.8 m | 4.1 km |
| Meall Buidhe | 975 m | 4.7 km |
| Sgoran Dubh Mor | 1111 m | 5.3 km |