Creag Ghuanach is a Graham of 620.7 m in Highland. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Stob Coire Easain at 1,116.2 m.
It sits below Stob Coire Easain, only 4.1 km to the north and 495.5 m higher. Only 29 of the 737 hills profiled in Scotland are lower. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Tom Meadhoin (621.8 m) and Beinn Mhor (Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles]) (620.5 m). Its nearest higher summit, Meall Beag (645 m, 1.8 km north-west), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 245 m below the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland.