Sgoran Dubh Mor
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
- 1111 m · 3,645 ft
- Prominence
- 59.5 m
- Grid reference
- NH 90499 00268
- Coordinates
- 57.08042, -3.80817
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 36
- OS Explorer
- OL57S 403S
- Summit feature
- small tor 35m SW of cairn
- Key col
- NN 9035 9981 (1051.4 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 57.080, -3.808. 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
cairn is at NH 90520 00296.
The recorded summit point is small tor 35m SW of cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 29-Mar-23
- Drop measured from
- NN 9035 9981 · 1051.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairngorm Gliding Club | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 6.3 km · NW |
| CGC Blackmill Airstrip | Pub/bar/nightclub | Awaiting inspection | 6.3 km · NW |
| Old Post Office Cafe Gallery | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 9.2 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.
Which hill this one belongs to
Sgoran Dubh Mor 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, 1,051 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sgor Gaoith | 1116 m | 1.3 km |
| Meall Buidhe | 975 m | 1.3 km |
| Geal-charn | 920.9 m | 2.4 km |
| Carn Ban Mor | 1050.5 m | 3.3 km |
| Carn na Criche | 1265 m | 4 km |
| Braeriach | 1296 m | 4.8 km |