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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.2483,Lat: 57.0211
Elevation	291 meter above sea level
Local time	0:43:31am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Badenoch and Strathspey

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Catlodge	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Laggan	2.2 km	West
3 Crathie	5.3 km	West
4 Etteridge	5.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Newtonmore	9.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	136 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	291 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	320 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 55 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ericht (22.1 km² at a distance of 10.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 190.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 267 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 78%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Cairngorms National Park
Cairngorms National Park - Pàirc Nàiseanta a' Mhonaidh Ruaidh
Cairngorm Straths

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 129 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 60 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.1 km2

Nature

48.6 km2

61.8%

Wet nature

11.8 km2

15%

Agriculture

11.1 km2

14.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balgowan in country Scotland

Balgowan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	125 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	135 km	SouthSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	154 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kingussie

Type of weather in Kingussie	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam