Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is a Corbett of 797 m in Dumfries and Galloway. In the database's The Glenkens to Annandale region it is the highest of seven register hills, above Green Lowther and five others.
Its drop of 582 m is 73% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 215 m above sea level. It shares its height of 797 m with Haycock. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Cir Mhor (798.1 m) and Beinn Dronaig (796.8 m). Its nearest higher summit, Carlin's Cairn (807 m, 13.7 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.