Ronas Hill
3 classifications here — Current County/UA Top, Marilyn and HuMP — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 450 m · 1,476 ft
- Prominence
- 450 m
- Grid reference
- HU 30503 83477
- Coordinates
- 60.53386, -1.44593
- County / area
- Shetland Islands
- County top
- Highest point of Shetland Islands
- Region
- Shetland Islands
- OS Landranger
- 1 3
- OS Explorer
- 469N
- Summit feature
- oblique pink granite slab
About Ronas Hill
Ronas Hill, sometimes written Ronies Hill, is the highest point in the Shetland Islands at 450 metres, and is classed as a Marilyn. A Neolithic chambered cairn stands near the summit. It also serves as both the historic and current county top for Shetland.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ronas 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 60.534, -1.446. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (450 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
summit is 20m WNW of trig point at HU 30525 83475 and 1m higher; large cairn 75m SSE at HU 30554 83420 is about 1.5m lower.
The recorded summit point is oblique pink granite slab. 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
- 10-Nov-08
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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braewick Cafe and Caravan Park | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Improvement required | 8 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.