Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Beinn na Gucaig

616 m

2,021 ftDrop 451 mNN 062 653

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn na Gucaig616Tom Meadhoin621.8Mam na Gualainn796.5Mullach nan Coirean939.3Druim na Sgriodain734.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn na Gucaig616Tom Meadhoin621.8Mam na Gualainn796.5
Looking north, 2417 km wide, heights ×57 (method).

Beinn na Gucaig is a Graham of 616 m in Highland. Its drop of 451 m is 73% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 165 m above sea level.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Mullach nan Coirean at 939.3 m. Only 20 of the 737 hills profiled in Scotland are lower. It shares its height of 616 m with Great Borne and Leenaun Hill. It is the lowest of the 30 register hills in the Fort William to Loch Treig & Loch Leven region, where Ben Nevis is highest. It is 249.7 m below the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit616 mKey col165 mdrop 451 msea level
Key col NN 079 652, 1.7 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

616 m717th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

451 m237th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.0 km427th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Tom Meadhoin4.0 km south-east
    621.8 m
  2. 2
    Mam na Gualainn5.9 km south-east
    796.5 m
  3. 3939.3 m
  4. 4
    Druim na Sgriodain8.4 km west
    734.6 m
1234Tom MeadhoinN5 km

Lists

  • 211th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 835th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Tom Meadhoin, 621.8 m, 4.0 km south-east
Region
04A: Fort William to Loch Treig & Loch Leven
OS map
41
Summit
Ground 3m E of trig point
DoBIH no.
339
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn na Gucaig

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures