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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.5747,Lat: 56.0061
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	22:49:58pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	West Dunbartonshire
Name	Lomond

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jamestown	1.8 km	South
2 Dalmonach	1.9 km	South
3 Alexandria	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Auchencarroch	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Blairquhomrie	2.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	31 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	180 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	206 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lomond (72.4 km² at a distance of 1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 143 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 200 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 75%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 56 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Nature

19.5 km2

24.8%

Agriculture

29.2 km2

37.2%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.1%

Water - Lakes

8.3 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balloch in country Scotland

Balloch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	SouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	74 km	EastSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	85 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Balloch
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balloch

Type of weather in Balloch	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam