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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: -4.4453,Lat: 57.533
Elevation	69 meter above sea level
Local time	3:19:27am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Dingwall and Seaforth

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ord Muir	0.6 km	South
2 Muir of Ord	2 km	SouthWest
3 Leanaig	3.2 km	NorthEast
4 Urray	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Ardnagrask	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	194 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	341 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	377 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Orrin Reservoir (4.5 km² at a distance of 13.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 241.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 338 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 185 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.8 km2

17.5%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

3.5 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

56.4 km2

71.8%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balvaird in country Scotland

Balvaird at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	180 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	182 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	192 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Muir of Ord

Type of weather in Muir of Ord	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam