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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.8304,Lat: 56.0824
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	20:03:40pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Argyll and Bute
Name	Lomond North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Portincaple	2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rahane	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Shandon	4.1 km	South
4 Coulport	4.7 km	SouthWest
5 Glenmallan	5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	49 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	180 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	216 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Garelochhead lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Eck (4.4 km² at a distance of 9.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 160.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 224 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 56%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 66 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23 km2

36.6%

Nature

37.3 km2

59.3%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

1.7%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.9%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Garelochhead in country Scotland

Garelochhead 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	80 km	SouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	EastSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	101 km	EastSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Garelochhead

Type of weather in Garelochhead	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:54 Europe/Amsterdam