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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: -3.2632,Lat: 55.4288
Elevation	457 meter above sea level
Local time	5:47:46am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Annandale North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ettrickhill	6.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Meggethead	6.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ettrick	7.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Talla Linnfoots	7.9 km	NorthWest
5 Cappercleuch	8.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	74 km	NorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	162 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	194 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Megget Reservoir (3.6 km² at a distance of 5.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 42.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 57%, low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Central Southern Uplands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.1 km2

7.8%

Nature

61.3 km2

78%

Wet nature

10.5 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birkhill in country Scotland

Birkhill 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	42 km	NorthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Moffat

Type of weather in Moffat	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam