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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: -4.5241,Lat: 56.0429
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	9:41:03am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	West Dunbartonshire
Name	Lomond

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caldarvan	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Blairquhomrie	4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Milton of Buchanan	4.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Auchencarroch	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Balmaha	4.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	32 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	185 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	210 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lomond (72.4 km² at a distance of 1.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 144 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 202 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 20 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 61 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

17%

Nature

8.1 km2

10.4%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

39.5 km2

50.4%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

14.7 km2

18.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gartocharn in country Scotland

Gartocharn 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	63 km	SouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	EastSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	82 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gartocharn
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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	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam