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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: -3.3864,Lat: 58.5971
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	14:37:38pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castletown	1 km	SouthWest
2 Murkle	2.8 km	West
3 Tain	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Dunnet	3.4 km	NorthEast
5 Moss of Tain	4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	316 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	423 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	474 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Castlehill lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 11 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 320.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 449 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 295 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.6%

Nature

6 km2

9.8%

Wet nature

7.2 km2

11.8%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

64%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

6.6 km2

10.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castlehill in country Scotland

Castlehill 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	46 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	295 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam